Medical terminology Prefixes 1-68
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| Adip- | fat- adipose tissue
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| Amyl- | starch- amylolysis
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| An- | without- anaerobic-without oxygen
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| Ana- | up- anabolic
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| Angio/vaso- | Blood or lymph vessels- angioplasty/vasomotor (?vasosmamn?)
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| Append- | to hang something- appendicular
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| Auri/Oto- | Ear- Auricular/Otoclerosis
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| Ax- | the axis- axillary or axial skeleton
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| Blephar- | eyelid- blepharoplasty means eyelid surgery
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| Brachi- | arm- brachial plexus
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| Brachy- | short- brachycardia
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| Brady- | slow- bradycardia
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| Bronch- | airway- bronchitis means inflammation of airway
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| Bucc- | cheek- buccal means pretains to cheek
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| Cardio- | heart- cardiogram-recording of the heart
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| Carp- | wrist- carpals or carpometacarpal joint
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| Cephal- | head- cephalic/cephalad
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| Chondra- | cartliage- chondroblast/chondroclast
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| Cost/pleur- | chest/ribs- intercostal; pleural
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| Crani- | skull- cranium
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| Cysto/vesic- | bladder/vessels- cystitis/vesical
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| Cyt- | cell- cytology-study of cells
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| Dactyl- | finger/toe- dactylitis
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| De- | away from; down; not- dehydration
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| Derm- | skin- dermis
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| Dors- | Back- Dorsal
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| Endo- | inside/within- endocrine; endoplasmic
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| Epi- | upon, over at, addition to, after- epithelial; epidermis
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| Exo- | out, outside of/exterior, without- exocrine
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| Extra- | Outside of, beyond, withouth- extracellular
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| Gastr/Lapar- | stomach, abdominal wall; flank- Gastric, Laparoscapy
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| Glyco- | sugar- glycogenisis, glycogen
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| Hema/Sangui- | blood- hematoma, hemaphelic, hematology
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| Hepat- | liver- hepatic, hepatatisis
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| Homeo- | likeness; resemlance; constant unchanging state- hommeostasis
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| Hydro- | water-Hydrogen, hydrothearphy
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| Hyper- | above; excessive; beyond- hypertension
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| Hypo- | less than; below or under; beneath; deficient- hypotension
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| Inter- | between; in the midst- intercostals
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| Intra- | within; in; into-inside
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| Iso- | equal-isometric
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| Lacri- | Hears- lacriduct, lacrial
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| Lact- | milk- lactation; lactos
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| Lingu/Gloss | tongue- linqual; glossotomy
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| Lip- | fat- lipids, lipedema
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| Macro- | large- Macroscopic, Macrophage
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| Mammo/Masto- | breast- Mammogram, mastctamy, mammatitomy
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| Melan- | black- melanoma-means black tumor
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| Myo- | muscle- myosin, myositis
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| Nephr/Ren- | kidney- nephropathy the disease of the kidney. renal
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| Oculo/Ophthalm- | eye- oculomotor, oculonasal, ophalmist
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| Odont- | tooth; teeth- odontalgia- pain in tooth
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| Oophor/Oo- | Ovary; egg, ovum- oophorectomy the removal of ovary. oocyte the egg
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| Oss- | bone- ossicle a small bone
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| Para- | beside- parathryroid
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| Patho- | disease- pathology
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| Ped/Pod- | foot- pedicure; podiagist
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| Peri- | around- pericardium
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| Phleb/Ven- | vein- phlebatomy. venous; venopucture
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| Pseudo- | false- pseudoarthrosis a false joint
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| Rhino- | nose- rhinoplasty
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| Stoma- | mouth-stomatitis
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| Thorac/Stern- | chest-thoracic; sternum
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| Thromb- | blood clot-thrombous
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| Trache- | trachea; windpipe, neak region- tracheitis, tracheaostomy
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| Uter/Salphing- | uterus-uteral; fillopian tube-salphingectomy
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| Vagin/Colp- | vagina- vaginal, colposcopy the visual expection of the vigina
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| Tachy- | fast- trachycardia
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| Micro- | small
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