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Prefix and Suffixes
Prefixes and Suffixes for Skills Health Bowl
urethra- | urethra |
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ab- | from, away |
-ac,-ic,-al,-eal | pertaining to |
ad- | to, towards, near |
aden-(o) | adrenal gland |
albe- | white |
algia- | pain |
an- (o,us) | anus |
angio- | vessel |
ante- | before, in front of |
anti- | against |
arter- (io) | artery |
arthr- (o) | joint |
-ase | enzyme |
-asis | condition of |
ather- (o) | fatty |
audi- | sound |
aru- | ear |
auto- | self |
bi- | two |
bio- | life |
blephar- (o) | eyelid |
brady- | slow |
bronch- (i,o) | air tube in lungs |
bucc- | cheek |
calc- | stone |
carcin- | cancer |
cardi- | pertaining to heart |
-cele | swelling |
cent- | 100 |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
cerebro- | brain |
cerv- (ic) | neck |
chem- (o) | drug |
chol- (e,o) | bile |
chond- | cartilage |
chrom- | color |
-cide | causing death |
circum- | around |
-cise | cut |
co- (n) | with, together |
colp- | vagina |
contra- | against |
cost- | rib |
crain- | to the skull |
-crine | secrete |
cut- | skin |
cyan- | blue |
cyst- | bladder |
cyt- | cell |
dec- | ten |
derm- | skin |
di- | double |
dis- | away |
dors- | to the back |
duoden- | duodenum |
dys- | painful |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
electr- | electrical |
-emia | blood |
encephal | brain |
enter- | intestine |
epi- | upon |
erythro- | red |
-esis | condition of |
-esthesia | sensation, feel |
eu- | well, easy |
faci- | face |
-fascia | fibrous band |
fibr- | fiber |
fore- | front |
-genesis | development |
genito- | organs of reproduction |
geront- | old age |
gingiv- | gums |
gloss- | tounge |
gluc- | sweetness |
gly- | sugar |
-gram | record |
-graph | diagram |
gyn- | women |
heli- | half |
hepat- | liver |
herni- | rupture |
hetero- | other |
hist- | tissue |
hom- | same |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | high |
hypno- | sleep |
hypo- | decreased |
-ia, -iasis | condition of |
idio- | self-originating |
ile- | ileum |
infra- | below |
inter- | between |
-ism | condition |
iso- | equal |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesis | motion |
lacrima- | tears |
lact- | milk |
lapar- | abdomen |
laryng- | larynx (voicebox) |
latero- | side |
leuko- | white |
lip- | fat |
lith- | stone |
-logy | study of |
lymph- | lynph tissue |
-lys | destruction |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
malac- | softening of a tissue |
mamm- | breast |
-mania | insanity |
med- | middle |
-megaly | large |
mening- | membrane |
meno- | monthly |
mes- | middle |
micro- | small |
mono- | one |
-mortem | death |
muc- | mucus |
multi- | many |
my- | muscles |
myc- | fungus |
myel- | bone marrow |
myring | tympanic membrane |
nacr- | sleep |
-natal | birth |
necr- | death |
neo- | new |
neph- | kidney |
neur- | nerve |
noct- | night |
non- | no |
ocul- | eye |
odont- | tooth |
olig- | few, less then normal |
-ology | study of |
-oma | tumor |
onco- | mass |
oophor- | ovary |
opthalm- | eye |
-opia | vision |
-opsy | to view |
opt- | vision, eye |
or- | mouth |
orch- | testes |
orth- | normal |
ost- | bone |
-oscopy | diagnostic examination |
-osis | condition, state |
ot- | ear |
-otic | pertaining to a condition |
-otomy | cutting into |
-ous | full of |
ovi- | egg |
pan- | all |
para- | near |
-paresis | paralysis |
-partum | birth |
path- | disease |
ped- | child |
-penia | lack of |
pent- | five |
-pepsia | digestion |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
phag- | eat |
-phage | to eat |
pharyng- | throat |
-phas | speech |
phleb- | vein |
-phobia | fear |
phon- | sound |
-phylaxis | protection |
-plasty | correction or repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pena | breathing |
pneum- | lung |
pod- | foot |
ploy- | many |
post- | after |
pro- | in front of |
proct- | rectum |
pseudo- | false |
psych- | the mind |
-ptosis | sagging |
py- | pus |
pyle- | renal pelvis of kidney |
pyr- | fever |
quad- | four |
radi- | x-ray |
re- | back |
rect- | rectum |
ren- | kidney |
retro- | backwards |
rhin- | nose |
-rrhagia | sudden |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture of |
salping- | tube |
sanguine- | blood |
sarc- | malignant (cancer) |
sclera- | hardening |
-sclerosis | dryness |
-scope | examining |
-scopy | observation |
semi- | half |
sep- | poison |
soma- | body |
son- | sound |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
sperm- | male germ cell |
spleen- | spleen |
-stasis | atoppage |
steno- | contracted |
stern- | breast bone |
-stomy | artifical opening |
sub- | less |
sup- | above |
tach- | rapid |
ten- | tendon |
tetra- | four |
-therapy | treatment |
therm- | heat |
thorac- | thorax, chest |
thromb- | clot |
-tox | poison |
trach- | trachea, windpipe |
trans- | across |
tri- | three |
-trophy | nutrition |
tympan- | eardrum |
ultra- | beyond |
uni- | one |
ur- | urine |
ureter- | ureter |
-uria | urinje |
uter- | uterus |
vas- | vessel |
ven- | vein |
ventro- | to the front |
vetebr- | spine |
vesic- | urinary bladder |
viscer- | internal organs |
xanth- | yellow |
zymo- | enzymes |