PREFIXES

PREFIXES

Abdomen lapar-Above super-/supra-

Across trans-

Againstanti-/contra-

All

pan-

Arm

brachio-

Aroundcircum-/peri-

Arteryarterio-

Away fromab-

Back

dors-

Backwardretro-

Beforepre-/ante-

Behindpost-

Below

sub-

Besidepara-

Betweeninter-

Black

melan-

Blood

haemo-

Bone

osteo-

Bone marrow myelo-

Both, twobi-

Brain

cerebro/encephal-

Breastmamm-/mast-

Cancercarcin-

Cartilagechondro-

Cell

cyt-/cyte-

Child

paed-

Clot

thrombo-

Deficienthypo-

Ear, hearing oto-/aud-

Excessivehyper-

Eye

ocul-/ophthal-

False

pseudo-Fat

lip-

Fluid

lymph-

Foot

ped-/pod-

Forwardpro-

Gallbladdercholecyst-

Gland

aden-

Half

hemi-

Heart

cardio-

Heat

therm-

Hip

coxa-

Hip boneili-

100th

centi-

Inside

intra-/endo-

Intestineenter-

Joint

arthro-

Kidneynephro-

Large

macro-

Like, similar al-

Lung

pneumo-/pulm-

Many-poly-

Membranemening-

Middlemeso-

Milk

lacto-

Mind, soulpsycho-

Musclemyo-

Narrowingstric-

Neck

cervic-

Nerve

neuro-

New

neo-

Nose

rhin-

One, singlemono-

Outsideecto-

Pus

pyo-

Rapid

tachy-

Red

erythro-

Saliva

sial-

Skin

cut-/derma-

Skull

cranio-

Slow

brady-

Small

micro-

Spine

spondyl-

Stomachgastro-

Stone

lith-

Straightortho-

Swelling (fluid) edem-

10th

deci-

Thousandkilo-

1000th

milli-

Tonguegloss-/lingua-

Tooth

dent-/odont-

Towardad-

Upper, above epi-

Vein

phleb-

Vessel

vas-/angio-

Water

hydro-

Weakness, lack asthen-White

leuko-

Withouta-/an-

Womangyne-

Wrist

carpo-SUFFIXESBlood

-emia

Breakdown

-olysis

Contraction

-spasm

Crushing

-tripsyc

Deficiency

-penia

Disease, condition-pathy/-osis

Dropping down-ptosis

Enlarged

-megaly

Enlargement-ectasis

Fear

-phobia

Finger, toe

-dactyl

Fixation (tissue)-pexy

Flowing

-rrhea

Growth (physical)-physis

Hardening

-sclerosis

Hemorrhage

-rrhagia

Incision

-otomy

Inflammation-itis

Like, similar

-oid

Mental disorder-phrenia

Opening

-duct

Pain

-algia/-dynia

Paralysis

-plegia

Picture

-gram/-graph

Inspection

-scope

Plastic surgery-plasty

Puncture

-centesis

Rupture

-rrhexis

Secrete within-crine

Separation

-lysis

Softening

-malacia

Source, origin-genic

Speech disorder-phasia

Stoppage

-stasis

Study of

-ology

Surgical fixation-desisSurgical opening-ostomy

Surgical removal-ectomy

Suture, stitch-rrhaphy

Swallow

-phagia

Swelling

-cele

Tumor

-oma