Greek and Latin in Medical Terminology

a-, an-

a-, an-

without, not

ana-, an-

up, upward, again

anti-

against, opposed to

apo-

off, away from

cata-

down

dia-

through, across

dys-

bad, painful, difficultec-, ex-

ec-, ex-

out, out of, outside

en-, em-

in, inside, within

hyper-

over, above

hypo-

under, below

meta-

among, between, after, later, along with

para-

near, beyond, outside of, abnormal, alongside, by, from, together

peri-

about, around

pro-

before, forward, in advance

syn-, sym

with, together

-ia, -y

pathological state

-iasis

condition, infestation, pathological state or its cause

-icus, -ic

having the nature of, like, pertaining to

-ismus, -ism

a condition indicated by the stem

-itis

disease, inflammation

-oma

swelling, tumour

-osis

disease; process or action

anthrop-

man

bio-

life

broncho-

gullet

cardi(o)-

heart

colo(n)-

large intestine

cyto-

cell

derma(t)-

skin

enter(o)-

intestine

gastr-

stomach

gynec-

female

h(a)em-, h(a)emat

blood

hepat-

liver

hydr-

water

hypno-

sleep

hyster-

uterus

litho-

stone

narc-

numbness

nephro-

kidney

neuro-

cord, tendon

odont-

tooth

osteo-

bone

ot-

ear

pod-

foot

pyo-

pus

pyr-

fire

zoo-

animal

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weak

-cele

protrusion, tumor

-kinesia

movement

-ectomia, -ectomy

excision

-(a)emia

blood

-esthesia

feeling, sensibility

-genesis

origin

-graphia, -graphy

to write

-malacia

softening

-mania

madness

-odynia

pain

-opia

vision

-pathia, -pathy

suffering

-phobia

fear

-plegia

stroke

-rrhagia, -rrhage

break forth

-rrhaphy, -rrh(o)ea

flow

-scopia, -scopy

to view

-spasmus, -spasm

convulsion, cramp

-stomia, -stomy

mouth

-therapia, -therapy

treatment

-thermia, -thermy

heat

-tomia, -tomy

incision

-trophia, -trophy

nourishment

allo-

other

auto-

self

brady-

slow

cac-

bad

crypto-

secret, hidden

ecto-

outside

erythr-

red

hemi-

one half

hetero-

other, different

hom(o)eo-

similar

iso-

equal, like

leuco-

white

macro-

large

mega-, megal-

large

melan-

black

mes-

middle

micro-

small

mono-

alone, single

neo-

new

oligo-

little

ortho-

straight

pan-

all

poly-

much, many

pseudo-

false

tachy-

fast

di-

twice