Word Roots
arthr: joint |
chondr: cartilage |
dermat / cutane: skin |
encephal: brain |
enter: intestine |
erythr: red |
esthes: feeling |
gastr: stomach |
hemat: blood |
hepat: liver |
hydr: water |
hyster: uterus |
immun: immunity |
mening: meninges |
muscul: muscle |
nas: nose |
nat: birth |
nephr / ren: kidney |
neur: nerve |
oste: bone |
ot: ear |
splen: spleen |
stomat / or: mouth |
therm: heat |
ur: urine |
Prefixes
a- / an-: without, not |
ab-: from, away from |
ad-: toward |
an-: without |
anti- / contra: against |
bi-: two |
brady-: slow |
dia- / trans-: through, across |
dipl- / diplo-: double |
dys-: bad; painful; difficult |
ecto- / exo- / extra-: outside, outward |
endo- / intra-: in, within |
epi-: above, upon |
eu-: good, normal |
hemi-: one half |
hetero-: different |
homo- / homeo-: same |
hyper-: excessive, above normal |
hypo-: under, below, deficient |
infra-: under, below |
macro-: large |
mal-: bad |
micro-: small |
mono- / uni-: one |
pan-: all |
para-: near; beyond |
peri- / circum-: around |
poly- / multi-: many, much |
post-: after, behind |
pre- / pro-: before, in front of |
primi-: first |
pseudo-: false |
quadri-: four |
retro-: backward, behind |
sub- / inter-: between |
super-: upper, above |
supra-: above; excessive; superior |
syn- / sym-: union, together, joined |
tachy-: rapid |
tri-: three |
ultra- : excess, beyond |
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Suffixes
-ac/ -al/ -ar: pertaining to |
-ar / -al: pertaining to |
-ary / -eal /-ic / -ical: pertaining to |
-cele: hernia, swelling |
-centesis: surgical puncture |
-clasis: to break; surgical fracture |
-cyte: cell |
-desis: binding, fixation |
-dynia / -algia: pain |
-ectasis: dilation, expansion |
-ectomy: excision, removal |
-edema: swelling |
-emesis: vomiting |
-emia: blood condition |
-esis / -ia / -ism: condition |
-gen / -genesis: forming, producing, origin |
-iasis: abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
-iatry: medicine; treatment |
-ician / -ist: specialist |
-icle / -ole / -ule: small, minute |
-ile / -ior / -ous / tic: pertaining to |
-itis: inflammation |
-lith: stone, calculus |
-logy: study of |
-lysis: separation; destruction; loosening |
-malacia: softening |
-megaly: enlargement |
-oma: tumor |
-osis: abnormalcondition; increase (blood cell) |
-pathy: disease |
-penia: decrease, deficiency |
-pexy: fixation (of an organ) |
-phagia: eating, swallowing |
-phasia: speech |
-phobia: fear |
-plasia / -plasm: formation, growth |
-plasty: surgical repair |
-plegia:paralysis |
-ptosis: prolapse, downward displacement |
-rrhage / -rrhagia: bursting forth (of) |
-rrhaphy: suture |
-rrhea: discharge, flow |
-rrhexis: rupture |
-sclerosis: ebnormal condition of hardening |
-spasm: involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis: narrowing, stricture |
-stomy: forming an opening |
-tome: instrument to cut |
-tomy: incision |
-tripsy: crushing |
-trophy: nourishment, development |
-y : condition; process |
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