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