a-; an- | no; not; without |
ante- | before; forward |
anti- | against |
brachy- | short |
de- | lack of; down; less; removal of |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult; adnormal |
endo- | in; within |
hyper- | above; excessive |
hypo- | less than normal; below; deficient; under |
mal- | bad |
mega- | large |
meta- | change; beyond |
neo- | new |
para- | near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of |
peri- | around; surrounding |
poly- | many; much |
post- | after; behind |
pre- | before; in front of |
pro- | before; forward |
sub- | under; below |
-al, -ar, -ary,-eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-ase | enzyme |
-ation | process; condition |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
-chezia | defecation; elimination of waste |
-cyte | cell |
-ectasis; -ectasia | stretching; dilation; dilatation |
-ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-emic | pertaining to a blood condition |
-gen | producing; forming |
-opsy | view of |
-orexia | appetite |
-ose | full of; sugar; pertaining to |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-otic | pertaining to the abnormal condition |
-pepsia | digestion |
-pexy | surgical fixation; to put into place |
-phagia | eating; swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-prandial | meal |
-ptyalo | spit; saliva |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-genesis | producing; forming |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-iasis; -osis | abnormal condition |
-ion | process |
-ism | process; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-lithiasis | abnormal condition of stones |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, fluid collection |
-rrhea | flow |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stasis | stopping; controlling |
-stenosis | tightening; narrowing; stricture |
-stomy | new opening to the outside of the body |
-tomy | incision;process of cutting into |
-tresia | opening |
-um | structure; tissue; thing; pertaining to |