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Ivy Tech Region 6
Medical prefixes/suffixes/roots
| Suffix/Prefix/Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a- | no; not; without |
| aden/o | gland |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| angio | vessel |
| ante- | before; forward |
| antero | front |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -blastoma | immature tumor (cells) |
| brady- | slow |
| broncho | bronchial tube |
| cephalo | head |
| cerebro | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| chezia | defacation; elimination of wastes |
| chol/e | bile; gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| -cidal | pertaining to killing |
| circum- | around |
| cutane/o | skin |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| dys- | bad: painful: difficult: abnormal |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| erythro | red |
| eschar | scab |
| eti- | cause |
| eu- | normal; good |
| ex(o)- | out; away from |
| extra- | outside |
| fasci/o | fascia (membrane supporting muscles) |
| febr/i | fever |
| flex/o | to bend |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| genit/o | reproduction |
| ger/o | old age |
| gest/o | pregnancy |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| -globin/-globulin | protein |
| gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
| gravid/o | pregnancy |
| hem/o and hemat(o) | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hyster/o | uterus; womb |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within; into |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| -kinesis | movement |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lacrim/o | tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct |
| later/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| -listhesis | condition of stones |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -lithotomy | incision (for removal) of a stone |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| -malacia | softening |
| medi/o | middle |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o | night |
| nulli- | none |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy; birth |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olig/o | scant |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| onych/o | nail (of fingers or toes) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| oste/o | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| ox- | oxygen |
| palp/o, palpat/o | to touch gently |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -partum | labor/birth |
| path/o | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| -phagia | eat/swallow |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -plasia | development; formation |
| -plegia | paralysis; palsy |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung; air; gas |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after; behind |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind |
| -prandial | meal |
| -praxia | action |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| presby/o | old age |
| proxim/o | near |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
| purul/o and py(o) | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| quadri- | four |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| schiz/o | split |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | to stop; control; place |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture, narrowing |
| -sthenia | strength |
| supra- | above |
| systo | contraction |
| tachy- | fast |
| thorac | chest |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tripsy | to crush |
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