Prefix/Suffix | Meaning |
ab- | away (away from) |
acus- | sharp |
acu- | sharp |
arteri/o- | artery |
-cicatrix | scar |
cell/o- | abdomen or belly |
atm/o- | vapor or steam |
dys- | diffucult, faulty or painful |
ankyl/o- | fuse or bind |
colpo- | vagina |
attrit/i- | wearing out |
anthrac/o- | coal or carbuncle |
-clysis | irrigation or injection |
ec- | outside, outward, outer or out |
cyt- | cell or chamber |
antr/um- | cavity or cavern |
anil/i- | old women |
antr/o- | cavity |
-clalasia | relaxation |
fiss- | to split or splitting |
crus/o- | leg thigh or femur |
bula- | blister or vesicle |
cras/o- | mixture |
deka-, dek- | ten |
acrom/i- | extremities, height and pointed |
ceru- | wax |
echin/o- | prickly, spiny or notched |
clon/o- | turmoil |
chalaz/io- | hailstone (eyelid sebaceous cyst) |
ernia | blood |
-algia | pain |
cebo- | meal or food |
cal/o- | heat, heated or hot |
asthma- | panting |
adip/o- | fat |
ancone- | elbow |
scato- | stool, fecal matter, or dung |
carcin/o- | crab-like |
acrachn/ | spider |
eso- | toward |
catarrh- | to flow down |
digit- | finger or toe |
fenestr/o- | window |
emac/i- | to grow thin |
endo- | within or inside |
fulv/o- | brown |
enuresis- | to void (expel) urine |
articul/o- | jointed |
-or | one who |
gelat/o- | freeze or congeal |
bulba- | bister or vesicle |
albumin/o- | egg white |
dromo- | running |
com- | together |
enamel | hard |
dem/o- | people |
-creas | fleshy or flesh |
colla/o- | glue |
duct/o- | to draw or to lead (motion) away |
cephalo- | head |
amnesi/o- | forgetful |
-aria | air |
aspergill/o- | to sprinkle |
galact/o- | milk |
actin/o- | sun, ray, radium |
calix- | cups |
fac- | face |
-ation | process of or procedure of |
chrom/o- | colored |
asco- | bag |
ex- | out, outside, outward |
eti/o- | cause |
cord- | vocal chords cord |
adhes/io- | to stick (together) |
doch/o- | duct or canal |
-enchyma | anything poured in (essential organ part) |
corac/o- | crows beak (shape) |
eccrine- | secreting or to secrete |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
aut- | self |
furc/o- | branch or fork |
Balan/o- | PENIS (GLANS PENIS) |
cau- | burn or heat |
du/o- | two |
fila- | thread |
eruct/o- | belching |
bulimo- | hunger |
brady- | slow |
brach/i- | arm |
-blast | beginning or young |
dynam/o- | work or strength |
call/o- | hardened skin |
deep | most inward |
centr/i- | center |
chyle- | juice |
-flect | to bend |
dol/o- | pain |
anuerysm- | dilation or ballooning |
DERMAT/O- | SKIN |
cec/o- | blind pouch |
contus/i- | bruise |
bol/o- | lump or ball |
brucca- | cheek |
coronal plane (aka: frontal plane) | crowning frontal body cut |
anecto- | without expansion or dilation |
chalas/i- | relaxation |
-e | instrument |
atelo- | incomplete, without end, imperfect (ending) |
-ar | refers to |
auscult/o- | to listen |
alges/i- | pain |
Bin- | two |
-able | capable of |
cub/o- | cube or cube shaped |
condyl/o- | knuckle (nob) |
coni/o- | dust |
acne | pointed |
carb/o- | carbon atoms, coal, or charcoal |
amnio- | lambs caul 'small cap' |
conch/a- | shell |
culd/o- | blind pouch |
faci/o- | face |
acr/o- | extremities, height and pointed |
cimex- | bug |
-cece | navel |
cune/i- | wedge |
cusp/i- | pointed |
sterco- | srool, fecal matter or dung |
encephal/o- | within head brain |
anomal/y | abnormal |
fibrill/o- | to quiver |
gastr/o- | stomach |
esthes/i- | feeling (physical) |
-ory | refers to or pertains to |
diaphoro- | excessive sweating |
chole- | bile or gall (ingredient of) |
-ectomy | excisio or removal |
cataract | waterfall or cloudiness |
af- | toward |
Beri- | weakness |
cyth- | cell or chamber |
circum- | around |
cost/o- | rib |
cardi/o- | heart |
fossa- | furrow or shallow depression |
fontan/o- | little fountain |
-amine | nitrogen compound |
aggglutnin/o- | to clump |
chyme- | juice |
-cytosis | increase (in number) |
azoto- | urea nitrogen |
cox/a- | hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur) |
ceno- | empty or common |
-dote | what is given |
chilo- | lip |
cata- | breakdown or down |
formamen/o- | opening |
-al | refers to |
ef- | away or out |
cirrh/o- | yellow-oranged (jaundiced) |
cav- | hollow |
access/o- | supplemental |
-eal | refers to |
fec/o- | stool, fecal matter, or dung |
Bil/i- (bil-) | bile or gall |
cholangio- | bile duct |
fili- | thread |
de- | away |
-ergo | work or labor |
cubit/o- | elbow |
crani/o- | skull |
cyst/i- | bladder or sac |
caud/o- | tall or toward tall |
caust/o- | burn or heat |
fulgur/o- | to lighten (with sparks burning tissue) |
-cule | little |
blepharo- (palpebro-) | eyelid |
dy/o- | two or a pair |
canth/o- | corner of eye |
chiasma | a crossing |
flacci/o- | soft |
bio- | life |
gam/o- | to marry, unite, or sexual union |
auricul/o- | ear |
fistul/o- | pipe or pipe-stem |
alveol/i- | cavity |
anti- | against |
core/o- | pupil or iris (rainbow) |
cyst- | bladder or sac |
angin/o- | to choke |
-clas | breakdown |
duoden/o- | twelve |
estr/o- | female |
different- | to separate or apart |
embryo- | early |
femor/o- | thigh |
candid/i- | glowing white |
capn/o- | carbon dioxide |
-agon | walls |
cruc/i- | cross or cross-like |
erythermat/o- | red or flushed |
cholecyst/o- | gallbladder |
anter/o- | before or foremost (in front) |
asbest/o- | unquenchable |
chiro- | hand |
abort/io | to miscarry or miscarrying (natural or induced) |
aqua- | water |
convolo- | to roll together |
crur/o- | leg thigh or femur |
caus- | burn or heat |
dipther/i- | membrane |
dist/o- | farther from |
ect- | outside, outward, outer or out |
Benign/i- | kind |
Bary- | HEAVY |
-clast | breakdown |
em- | in |
avuls/i- | to tear |
chordo- (cordo-) | cord |
dors/o- | back |
-ellum | lesser or smaller |
diplo- | double or two |
crypto- | secret |
amblyo- | dull |
cement/o- | hard |
-cis | cut or to cut |
conjuctiv/o- | together joined (united) |
cistern/o- | cavity |
eti/o- | cause |
caligi/o- | dim vision |
-ate | refers to or action |
aden/o- | gland |
currett/o- | scooping or scraping |
-emesis | vomit |
-flux | to flow |
dactylo- | digits (fingers and toes) |
athero- | porridge or yellow fat |
foc/o- | center or hearth |
exo- | out, outside, outward |
contrecoup | counter blow |
-ectasis | dilation |
calcane/o- | heel |
arche/o- | first |
DERM/O- | SKIN |
calyx- | cups |
-cele | swelling or tumor |
DON'T/O- | TOOTH OR TEETH |
cori/o- | skin |
-apheresis | to remove or separate |
comato- | deep sleep |
ar- | without or lack of |
enema | injection |
clino- | bent |
abcess | a going away |
azygo- | single |
capill/o- | hair-like |
contra- | against |
andr/o- | man or male |
anis/o- | unequal |
fungi- | mushroom |
flagell/o- | whip |
alb/o- | white |
append/o- | appendage |
-crine | secrete |
audi- | hearing |
-facient | making |
-artresia | closure |
emphysema | puffed up |
cryo- | cold |
caput- | head |
blenno- | mucus |
coit/o- | to come together (sexual union; inter/course "between/a flowing") |
fasc/i- | band |
extra- | out, outside, outward |
acoust/i- | hearing |
eschar | scab |
centro- | center |
-ase | enzyme |
-ition | process of or procedure of |
chlor/o- | green |
auto- | self |
eczema | to boil out |
-cusis | hearing |
acetabul/o- | vinegar cup or hip joint (for femur) |
entero- | intestine (usually refers to small intestine) |
Bi- | two |
dips/o- | thirst or thirsty |
dextr/o- | rght |
concuss/i- | violent shaking |
debride- | removal |
-centesis | surgical puncture to drain fluid |
gelatino- | freeze or congeal |
effer- | away or out |
cox/o- | hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur) |
abrupt/io- | to tear away from |
calx- | heel or lime |
-agra | pain |
cyan/o- | blue |
anthr/o- | coal or carbuncle |
desmo- | ligament (also tendon) |
electr/o- | electrical |
cheil/o- | lip |
epi- | upon |
carp/o- | wrist |
facet | face |
-cept- | receiver |
ecchymo/- | juice out |
Bas/o- | basic |
angi/o- | vessel |
chlamyd/i- | to cloak or cover |
filar/i- | thread |
ad- | near or beside |
an/o- | ring |
decem- | one/tenth (1/10) |
front/o- | forehead or before |
fore- | before |
chondr/o- | cartilage |
gangli/o- | knot swelling or collection knot |
-coccus | berry |
acanth/o- | thorny (skin growth) |
echo- | sound |
keno- | empty or common |
cholera- | billary acute diarrhea |
cric/o- | ring |
-estasy | dilation |
dwarf/o- | small |
a- | without or lack of |
episi/o- | pubic region |
dia- | across, through, total or complete, or between |
deuter/o- | second or secondary |
dos/e- (dose) | a giving |
-ac | refers to or pertains to |
Bas/io- | at a base |
-asthenia | weakness |
eu- | good or normal |
demi- | half |
ethm/o- | sieve |
aster/o- | star |
alopec/i- | fox mange or baldness |
coron/o- | crowning |
ana- | apart or up |
bleb/o- (bulla-) | blister |
cutis- | skin |
apo- | above or upon |
amylo- | starch |
cycl/o- | circle |
crust/- | scab or outer coat |
chorea- | dancing (shaking) |
aer/o- | air or gas |
arthr/o- | joint |
fimbri/o- | fingers |
dendr/o- | tree-shaped |
ante- | before |
cystido- | bladder or sac |
coccyg/o- | tailbone |
fibro- | fiber |
Baro- | WEIGHT |
choledoch/o- | gallbladder duct (canal) |
anxio- | restlessness, uneasy, apprehensive |
flu- | flowing |
amphi- | both |
Bene- | good or normal |
dolich/o- | long, seperation, dislocation |
ambul/o- | to walk |
en- | in |
axill/o- | armpit or central |
cerv/i- | neck |
-DESIS | BINDING, TO BAND OR A BAND |
centi- | one-hundredth apart |
-er | one who |
fil- | thread |
decub/o- | to lie down |
bronch/i- | windpipe or tracea-like |
deca- | one/tenth (1/10) |
flex- | to bend |
-cid | to kill |
corp/o- | body |
flat/o- | to blow |
emmetr/o- | normal or correct |
e- | out or remove |
-age | relates to or pertains to |
cyst/o- | bladder or sac |
cil/i- | eyelash-like |
Bacill/o | ROD-LIKE |
-conis | cone shaped |
axio- | axle or axis |
cochle/o- | snail-like |
ambi- | both |
fund/o- | base or lage part (organ body) |
amino- | organic compound |
burs/o- | sac, wine-sac, or pouch |
catheter/o- | to let down into |
-deferens | to separate or apart |
-borg | orgasm |
erthr/o- | red |
cine/o- | movement filming |
arche- | first |
col/o- | colon big or large intestine |
-us | refers to or pertains to |
fibul/o- | to clasp |
ferro- | iron |
carbuncul/o- | glowing ember |
colob/o- | to mutilate |
-collis | twisted |
DENT/O- | TOOTH OR TEETH |
an- | lack of or without |
dis- | away from or reversed |
febr/o- | fever |
alimento/o | to nourish |
co- | two |
-ference | to carry |
chancr/o- | ulcer (sore) |
cornu- | horn or horny |
fibrin/o- | fiber-like |
calco- | pebbles or granules (of calcium mineral) |
fet/o- | young |
cortic/o- | bark, outer bark, rind, or cortex |
brachy- | short |
crenat/o- | notched |
clavicul/o- | collar bone (little key shape) |
dracuncul/o- | little dragon (worm) |
-ary | refers to |
cyte- | cell or chamber |
fract/o- | to break |
eosin/o- | rose red (color) |
-continence | contained |
delta | fan shaped or triangular |
cili- | eyelash or eyelash like |
abdomin/o- | belly |
gamet/o- | to marry, unite, or sexual union |
capsulo- | little box |
-agogue | inducing or leading |
furun/o- | boil |
-dynia | pain |
con- | together |
calcin/o- | calcium |
-crit | separate |
gangren/o- | eating sore |
-form | shaped shape or form |
Bacteri/o- | ROD |
diverticul/o- | outpouching |
-fuge | to flee |
coel- | hollow belly (cavity) |
arachino- | spider |
cac/o- | diseased or bad |
edema- | swelling |
atri/o- | chamber |
dura- | hard |
capit/o- | head |
carbun/o- | glowing ember |
brevi- | short |
doct/o- | to teach or teacher |
-crin | secrete |
axo- | axle or axis |
coagulo/o- | clotting or clot |
anthrop/o- | human |
di- | two |
cleido- | hook, clavicle or collar bone |
ecto- | outside, outward, outer or out |
colon/o- | colon big or large intestine |
effus- | away or out |
dacryo- | tear |
DEPRESS- | LOWER |
cuti/o- (cut-) | skin |
clubb/o- | rounding |
aponeur/o- | upon tendon (sheet or sheath around tendon) |
brux- | grinding |
cerbr/o- | brain |
corne/o- | cornea or horn (shape) |
cellul/o- | chambers |
-didymis | testis or teste |
ascar/i- | worm |
aur/i- | ear |