Prefix, Suffix, Roots Med Term PP

a-, an- negative, without

ante- before

anti- against

ad- towards

ab- away from

dors- back

dys- painful, difficult

brady- slow

brachy- short

bi- two, both

endo- inside

epi- above, upon

hemi- half

hyper- excessive, above, more than

inter- between, among

intra- within, inside

macro- large, big

mal- bad

micro- small

neo- new

para- beside or below

peri- around

poly- many

post- after

sub- below

super- above

tachy- fast

-algia painful

-asthenia weakness

-cele hernia

-centesis surgical puncture

-ectomy removal

-itis inflammation/infection

-gram picture

-malacia abnormal softening

-megaly enlargement

-necrosis death of tissue

-ology study of

-osis abnormal condition

-ostomy surgical opening

-otomy surgical incision

-rrhea flow

-pathy disease

-plasty surgical repair

-rrhaphy suture

-sclerosis abnormal hardening

-scope instrument to view

plegia paralysis

-stenosis narrowing

acr/o extremities

angi/o vessel

arthr/o joint

cardi/o heart

cerebr/o brain

chrondr/o cartilage

cost/o ribs

cyte cell

gastr/o stomach

hepat liver

lapar abdomen

latero side

mamm/o breast

medial middle

my/o muscle

nephr/o kidney

oophor ovary

ot/o ear

pneum/o lung/air

rhino nose

tend/o tendon

trachi trachea (wind pipe)

thorac chest

salpingo fallopian tube

procto rectum

oste/o bone

neur/o nerve

nas/o nose

myel/o spinal cord/bone marrow

mast/o breast

lip/o fat

laryng larynx (voice box)

hyster/o uterus

hemo hemat blood

enter/o small intestines

cyst/o sac/bladder

col/o large intestines/colon

cervi/c neck

carp wrist

brachi arm

arteri/o artery

aden gland

tonsill tonsills

cyan/o -blue

lith stone

appendic appendix

myc/o fungus

py/o pus

pyr/o fever

eryth/o red

leuk/o white

melan/o black

poli/o gray