pre, root & suffi

a-, an-

without, lack of

ab-

away, from

ad-

to, toward, near

ante-

before, forward, in front of

anti-

against

brady-

slow

circum-

around

dia-

across, through, apart

dys-

bad, difficult

ecto-

outer, outside

epi-

over, on upon

hyper-

excessive, too much, high

hypo-

under, decreased, less than normal

leuk-

white

olig-

small, scant

para-

beside, beyond, after

peri-

around

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of, prior to

semi-

half

sub-

under, beneath

supra-

above, over

tachy-

fast, rapid

trans-

across

arterio

artery

angi (o)

vessel

broncho

bronchus, bronchi

card, cardi (o)

heart

chole, chol (o)

bile

colo

colon, large intestine

cost (o)

rib

cyt (o)

cell

derma

skin

gastr (o)

stomach

gloss (o)

tongue

gluc (o)

sweetness, glucose

glyc (o)

sugar

hem, hema, hemo, hemat (o)

blood

hepat (o)

liver

mamm (o)

breast, mammary gland

mast (o)

mammary gland breast

my (o)

muscle

nephr (o)

kidney

neur (o)

nerve

orth (o)

straight, normal, correct

phleb (o)

vein

pnea

breathing, respiration

pulmo

lung

py (o)

pus

stomat (o)

mouth

thromb (o)

clot, thrombus

toxic (o)

poison, poisonous

-algia

pain

-asis

condition, usually abnormal

-centesis

puncture and aspiration of

-ectasis

dilation, stretching

-ectomy

excision, removal of

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

development, production, creation

-genic

producing, causing

-itis

inflamation

-logy

the study of

-lysis

destruction of, decomposition of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-meter

measuring instrument

-phagia

to eat or consume, swallowing

-phasia

speaking

-phobia

an exaggerated fear

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

falling, sagging

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scope

examination instrument

-scopy

examination using a scope

-stasis

maintenance, maintaining a constant level

-stomy, -ostomy

creation of an opening

-tomy, -otomy

incision, cutting into

-uria

condition of the urine