prefix/suffix

Column I

abdomino- abdomen

acro- extremity, peak

adipo- fat

ap-, api- tip, extremity

basal- base, bottom

-blast growth

brachi- arm

capit- head

carcin- cancer

card- heart

caud- tail

cephal- head

cervic- neck

chondr- cartilage

cili- small hair

coel- hollow

crani- skull

cyan- blue

cyt-; -cyte- cell

derm- skin

digit- finger, toe

dors- back

epi- on, over, upon

hist- tissue

hyal- glass, clear

hypo- below, deficient

lacun- space, cavity

luci- clear

mela- dark, black

neo- new, strange

–oma, onc- tumor

oral- mouth

oto- ear

pect- breast

pleura- rib

-poiesis formation of

squam- scale, flattened

sudor- sweat

thoraco- chest

ventr- abdomen, belly

Column II

a-, an- absence, lack

ab- away from

-ac pertaining to

ad- to, toward

-al pertaining to

alg- pain

arthro- joint

artic- joint

-cis cut

-clast to break

cost- rib

dactyl- finger

dia- through, between

duct- lead, carry

extra- outside of, beyond

fasci- bundle, band

foram- opening

foss- depression, ditch

-genesis origin of

idio- peculiar, distinct

infra- below

-ism condition

lamell- small plate

-lemma sheath, membrane

magn- large

major- larger

mal- bad

-malacia softening

meat- passage

meso- middle

mono- single, one

myo- muscle

oligo- few

-ology study of

oss-; ost- bone

-pathy disease

sarco- flesh

super-, supra- above

sym-, syn- together, union

-tonia stretch, tension