prefixes

1. A, An

   1. without; lacking

2. andr/o

   1. male

3. anti

   1. against

4. auto

   1. self

5. bio

   1. life

6. chem/o

   1. chemistry

7. contra

   1. against

8. cyt/o

   1. cell

9. dis

   1. seperation; taking apart

10. dys

    1. difficult; abnormal

11. eu

    1. good; well

12. fibr/o

    1. fiber

13. gluco, glyco

    1. glucose; sugar

14. gyn/o,gynec

    1. female

15. hydr/o

    1. water

16. idio

    1. self; ones own

17. lyso, lys

    1. break down; destruction; dissolving

18. mal

    1. bad; abnormal

19. myc/o

    1. fungus

20. necr/o

    1. death

21. neo

    1. new

22. oxy

    1. sharp; acute;oxygen

23. pan, pant/o

    1. all or everywhere

24. pharmaco

    1. drug; medicine

25. re

    1. again; backward

26. somat/o, somatico

    1. body

Body part prefixes

1. acouso

   1. hearing

2. aden/o

   1. gland

3. adip/o

   1. fat

4. adren/o

   1. gland

5. angi/o

   1. blood vessel

6. arteri/o

   1. artery

7. arthr/o

   1. joint

8. bucc/o

   1. cheek

9. bronch/i

   1. bronchus

10. burs/o

    1. bursa

11. carcin/o

    1. cancer

12. cardi/o

    1. heart

13. cephal/o

    1. head

14. chol

    1. bile

15. chondri

    1. cartilage

16. coron

    1. heart

17. cost

    1. rib

18. crani/o

    1. brain

19. cutane

    1. skin

20. cyst/o, cysti

    1. bladder or sac

21. derm, dermat/o

    1. duden/o

22. gastr

    1. stomach

23. gloss

    1. tounge

24. hem, hema, hemat, hemo, hemat/o

    1. blood

25. hepat/o, hepatico

    1. liver

26. hist/o, histo

    1. tissue

27. hyster/o

    1. uterus

28. ileo

    1. ileum

29. ischi/o

    1. ischium

30. kerat/o

    1. cornea(eye)

31. lacrim/o

    1. tear(eye)

32. lact/o, lacti

    1. milk

33. laryng/o

    1. larynx

34. lapar

    1. abdominal wall

35. lingu/o

    1. toungue

36. lip/o

    1. fat

37. lymph/o

    1. lymph

38. mamm, mast/o

    1. breast

39. mening/o

    1. meninges

40. muscul/o, my/o

    1. muscle

41. Myel/o

    1. spinal cord or bone marrow

42. Nephr/o

    1. kidney

43. Neur/i, Neur/o

    1. nerve

44. oculo

    1. eye

45. onco

    1. tumor; bulk; volume

46. Onych/o

    1. Fingernail; Toenail

47. Oo

    1. Egg, ovary

48. Op-, Opt-

    1. Vision

49. Ophthalm/o-

    1. Eye

50. Orchid/o-, Orchio-

    1. Testis

51. Orth/o

    1. straight; normal; correct

52. Osseo

    1. bony

53. Ossi, Ost, Oste

    1. bone

54. ot, O

    1. ear

55. ovar/i, ovario, ovi, ovo

    1. ovary

56. phlang

    1. phalanx

57. pharyng

    1. pharynx; throat

58. phelb/o

    1. vein

59. phren/i, phreno, phrenico

    1. diaphram

60. pleur, pleura, pleuro

    1. rib, pleura

61. pneum/a, pneumat/o

    1. air; lung

62. proct/o

    1. anus; rectum

63. prosat

    1. prostate

64. pseudo

    1. false

65. psych/o, psyche

    1. mind

66. radio

    1. radiation, radius

67. ren/o

    1. kidney

68. retin

    1. retna

69. rhin/o

    1. nose

70. salping/o

    1. tube

71. sacro

    1. muscular; flesh-like

72. schiz/o

    1. split;cleft

73. sclera, sclero

    1. hardness

74. sigmoid/o

    1. sigmoid colon

75. sperma, spermo, spermato

    1. sperm

76. splen/o

    1. spleen

77. stern

    1. sternum

78. stom/a, stomat/o

    1. mouth

79. thorac/o, thoracio

    1. chest

80. thromb/o

    1. blood clot

81. thyr/o

    1. thyroid gland

82. trache/o

    1. trachea

83. tympan/o

    1. eardrum

84. ur/o

    1. urine

85. vagin

    1. vagina

86. varic/o

    1. duct; blood vessel

87. ven/o

    1. vein

88. vertbr

    1. vertebra; spine

Colors

1. chlor/o

   1. green

2. chrom, chromato

   1. color

3. cyano

   1. blue

4. erythr/o

   1. red

5. leuk/o

   1. white

6. melan/o

   1. black

physical property

1. cry/o

   1. cold

2. elect

   1. electrical activity

3. kin/o, kine, kinesi/o

   1. movement

4. kyphy/o

   1. humped

5. rhabad

   1. rod shaped; striated

6. phot/o

   1. light

7. reticul/o

   1. net

8. scoli/o

   1. twisted

9. therm/o

   1. heat

direction

1. ab, abs

   1. away from

2. ad

   1. towards

3. ante

   1. before; fowards

4. circum

   1. around

5. cycl

   1. circle; cycle

6. de

   1. away form; ending

7. dia

   1. across; through

8. ect/o, exo

   1. outer; outside

9. end/o, ent, enter/o

   1. within; inner

10. epi

    1. upon; outside of

11. ex, extra

    1. beyond

12. infra

    1. beneath; below

13. inter

    1. between

14. intra

    1. within

15. meso

    1. middle

16. meta

    1. beyond; change

17. para

    1. alongside; abnormal

18. path/o

    1. disease

19. peri

    1. around

20. post

    1. behind; after

21. pre

    1. before; infront

22. retro

    1. backward; behind

23. sub

    1. under

24. super

    1. above

25. supra

    1. above; upon

26. sy, syl, sym, syn,sys

    1. together

27. trans

    1. across; through

Quantity prefixes

1. Bi

   1. two

2. brady

   1. slow

3. diplo

   1. double

4. hemi

   1. half

5. hetero

   1. other; diffrent

6. homo

   1. same

7. hyper

   1. above; beyond; excessive

8. hypo

   1. under; deficient

9. iso

   1. equal; like

10. macro

    1. large; long; big

11. mic, micro

    1. small

12. mon, mono

    1. one

13. olig/o

    1. few; little

14. poly

    1. many; excessive

15. quadri

    1. four

16. semi

    1. half

17. tachy

    1. fast

18. tetra

    1. four

19. tri

    1. three

20. uni

    1. one