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Prefixes / Suffixes
NUR 100 Prefixes / Suffixes
Prefix/Suffix | Meaning |
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a, an | without, not |
ab | away from |
ad | towards |
algesia, algia | painful condition |
angio | vessel |
anti | against |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
carcino | crab, cancer |
cardio | heart |
centi | hundred |
cephalo | head |
chole | bile |
chyme | juice |
co, com, con | with, together |
colo | colon |
contra | against |
cyano | blue |
cyst | sac, bladder |
cyt, cyte, cyto | cell |
di | twice, two |
dia | through, between |
dis | apart |
dys | bad, difficult |
e | out |
ectomy | excision |
emia | blood |
endo | within |
enter, entero | intestine |
epi | on |
erythro | red |
esthesia | perception, feeling, sensation |
eu | good |
ex | out, away from |
extra, extro | outside of, beyond |
gastro | stomach |
gen, genic | to produce |
genito | genital |
genos | kind |
geri, gero | old age |
glyco | sweet, sugar |
gyne, gyno, gyneco | woman |
hem, hemi, hemato, hemo | blood |
hepat, hepato | liver |
hetero | other |
homeo | like, similar |
homo | same |
hyper | over, above, exceeding |
hypo | under, beneath |
hyster | womb |
in | not |
inter | between |
intra | within |
iso | equal to |
itis | inflammation of |
kilo | thousand |
lacto | milk |
leuko | white |
litho | stone |
lysis, lytic | dissolution (i.e. dialysis) |
macro | large |
mal | bad |
mega, megalo | large |
micro | small |
milli | thousand |
mis | wrong |
mono | single |
multi | many |
myo | muscle |
nephr | kidney |
neuro | nerve |
noct | night |
non | not |
olig | little |
ology | study |
oma | tumor |
opthalmo | eye |
ortho | straight |
osis, iasis | condition, status, process |
osteo | bone |
oto | ear |
ox, oxe, oxi, oxy | keen - denoting the presence of oxygen |
para | beside, beyond, equal, pair |
patho | disease |
per | through |
peri | around, about |
phasia | speech |
plasty | formed, to form |
plegia | strok |
pnea | breath |
pneumo | lung |
poly | many |
post | behind, after, posterior |
pre | before |
pro | before, in front of, from |
pseudo | false |