Anatomy & Physiology Prefixes and Suffixes

-a/an

Not/without

-cyte/cyto

Cell

-dynia

Pain

- algia/-alge (si)

Pain

Hydro

Water

-itis

inflammation of

-ism

condition

Macro-

Large

Meta-

beyond

Micro-

Small, tiny

-megally

enlargement

-ology

study of

-osis

abnormal condition

Phys-

To grow

-scopy

Viewing of

Therm-

heat, temperature

Epithe-

Laid on, covering

Hist-

Tissue

Endo-

Within, inner

Exo-

Outer, outside

Adipo-

Fat

Chondro-

Cartilage

Erythro-

Red

Osteo-

Bone

Luek-

White

Derm-

Skin

Epi-

Upon

Hypo-

Below

Kerat-

Hard

Melan-

Dark

Pil-

Hair

Seb-

Oil

Sudor-

Sweat

Ungu-

Nail

Papill-

Nipple

Peri-

Surrounding, around

-physis

Growth

Osteo-

Bone

Trabecul-

little neck

Crani-

Skull

Cephal-

Head

Femor-

femur

Cost-

Rib

Inter-

Between

-clast

breaking down

-blast

Immature cell

my/myos-

muscle

sarco-

flesh

glycol-

sugar

lysis-

splitting apart

dys-

Bad, ill

-troph/ -trophy

growth

-crine

to secrete

Trop-

Turning, affecting

Ad-

Near

Renal-

Kidney

Hyper-

Above normal

Hypo-

Below normal

Neuro-

Nerve

polar-

End

Dendr-

Treelike

Auto-

Self

Gli-

glue

Astro-

Star

oligo-

Few

mening

Membrane

Cereb-/enceph-

Brain

-ellum

Smaller

Audi-oto-

hearing

opt-

vision

photo-

light

Cardio-

Heart

Sept-

Partition

Eosin-

rosy

Granulo-

Small grain

Vascul-

Vessel

Ven-

Vein

Athero-

Plaque

-emia/ema

blood condition

Erythro-

Red

Thromb-

Clot

Rhin-/naso-

Nose

Oro-

Mouth

Lingua-

tounge

pneumo-

Air

Spir-

breathe

Pulmon-

Lung

Alveol-

Small cavity

-pnea

Respiration

phage

eat

metabol

change

digest

dissolve

aliment

nourish

glosso-lingua

tongue

odonto

teeth

stalsis

constriction

enter/o-

gut

ruga

wrinkle, fold

hepato

liver

pyloris

gatekeeper