Additional Prefixes/suffixes

Front 1

ambi-

Back 1

both

Front 2

ambidextrous

Back 2

ability to use both hands equally

Front 3

amphi-

Back 3

both

Front 4

ampho-

Back 4

both

Front 5

amphibious

Back 5

living both on land and in water

Front 6

ana-

Back 6

up, toward, apart

Front 7

anatomy

Back 7

to cut apart

Front 8

ante-

Back 8

before, in front of, forward

Front 9

antemortem

Back 9

before death

Front 10

anti-

Back 10

against, opposing

Front 11

antibiotic

Back 11

against microbial life

Front 12

apo-

Back 12

seperation from, derived from

Front 13

apocrine

Back 13

secretion containing cell parts

Front 14

auto-

Back 14

self

Front 15

autogenous

Back 15

self-generating

Front 16

bi-

Back 16

two, double, twice

Front 17

biceps

Back 17

muscle with two heads

Front 18

cata-

Back 18

down, under, lower, against

Front 19

catalepsy

Back 19

reduced movement

Front 20

circum-

Back 20

around

Front 21

circumanal

Back 21

surrounding the anus

Front 22

co-

Back 22

with, together

Front 23

com-

Back 23

with, together

Front 24

con-

Back 24

with together

Front 25

contra-

Back 25

opposed, against

Front 26

commisure

Back 26

coming together

Front 27

conductor

Back 27

leading together

Front 28

contralateral

Back 28

opposite side

Front 29

de-

Back 29

reverse, remove

Front 30

dehydrate

Back 30

remove water from

Front 31

di-

Back 31

two, twice

Front 32

diphasic

Back 32

having two stages

Front 33

dia-

Back 33

between, through, apart, across, completely

Front 34

diaphragm

Back 34

wall across

Front 35

dis-

Back 35

apart from, free from

Front 36

dissect

Back 36

to cut apart

Front 37

e-

Back 37

out of, from, away from

Front 38

ec-

Back 38

out of, from, away from

Front 39

ex-

Back 39

out of, from, away from

Front 40

enucleate

Back 40

remove whole from

Front 41

ectopic

Back 41

out of place

Front 42

exostosis

Back 42

outgrowth of bone

Front 43

ecto-

Back 43

outer, outside, situated on

Front 44

exo-

Back 44

outer, outside, situated on

Front 45

em-

Back 45

in

Front 46

en-

Back 46

in

Front 47

empyema

Back 47

pus in

Front 48

enzootic

Back 48

in a population of animals

Front 49

endo-

Back 49

within, inner

Front 50

endogenous

Back 50

originating inside

Front 51

ep-

Back 51

upon, on, over, above

Front 52

epi-

Back 52

upon, on, over, above

Front 53

epicostal

Back 53

upon a rib

Front 54

extra-

Back 54

outside of, beyond

Front 55

extracellular

Back 55

outside the cells

Front 56

hemi-

Back 56

half

Front 57

hemiplegia

Back 57

paralysis of one side of body

Front 58

im-

Back 58

in, into, within, not

Front 59

in-

Back 59

in, into, within, not

Front 60

implant

Back 60

insert into

Front 61

immature

Back 61

not mature

Front 62

intro-

Back 62

into, within

Front 63

introversion

Back 63

turning inward

Front 64

mes-

Back 64

middle

Front 65

meso-

Back 65

middle

Front 66

mesencephalon

Back 66

midbrain

Front 67

mesoderm

Back 67

middle cell layer

Front 68

meta-

Back 68

change, beyond, after

Front 69

metacarpus

Back 69

bone beyond the carpus

Front 70

micr-

Back 70

small

Front 71

micro-

Back 71

small

Front 72

microbe

Back 72

minute organism

Front 73

mult-

Back 73

many

Front 74

multi-

Back 74

many

Front 75

multiform

Back 75

many shapes

Front 76

neo-

Back 76

new, recent

Front 77

neoplastic

Back 77

new tissue growth

Front 78

pan-

Back 78

all, entire

Front 79

panacea

Back 79

cure-all

Front 80

para-

Back 80

beside, beyond

Front 81

paravertebral

Back 81

beside the vertebrae

Front 82

per-

Back 82

through, excessive

Front 83

peracute

Back 83

excessively sharp

Front 84

peri-

Back 84

around

Front 85

periosteum

Back 85

around bone

Front 86

pro-

Back 86

before, in front of

Front 87

project

Back 87

throw forward

Front 88

pseudo-

Back 88

false

Front 89

pseudoparasite

Back 89

false parasite

Front 90

re-

Back 90

again, backward

Front 91

reflex

Back 91

bend back

Front 92

retro-

Back 92

backward, behind

Front 93

retrograde

Back 93

going backward

Front 94

semi-

Back 94

half, partial

Front 95

semilunar

Back 95

half-moon shaped

Front 96

sym-

Back 96

together, with

Front 97

symbiosis

Back 97

two organisms living in close association

Front 98

syn-

Back 98

together, with

Front 99

syndactyly

Back 99

fusion of digits

Front 100

-ate

Back 100

having, resembling, acting upon

Front 101

caudate

Back 101

having a tail

Front 102

-cele

Back 102

protrusion (hernia)

Front 103

cystocele

Back 103

bladder hernia

Front 104

-cle

Back 104

small

Front 105

-cule

Back 105

small

Front 106

-ole

Back 106

small

Front 107

-ola

Back 107

small

Front 108

-ule

Back 108

small

Front 109

-ulum

Back 109

small

Front 110

-ulus

Back 110

small

Front 111

follicle

Back 111

little bag

Front 112

molecule

Back 112

small mass

Front 113

-cyte

Back 113

cell

Front 114

leukocyte

Back 114

white blood cell

Front 115

-emesis

Back 115

vomit

Front 116

hematemesis

Back 116

vomiting blood

Front 117

-emia

Back 117

blood condition

Front 118

hyeremia

Back 118

increased blood flow

Front 119

-ent

Back 119

person or agent

Front 120

-er

Back 120

person or agent

Front 121

-ist

Back 121

person or agent

Front 122

-or

Back 122

person or agent

Front 123

recipient

Back 123

one who receives

Front 124

-esis

Back 124

state or condition

Front 125

-ia

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state or condition

Front 126

-iasis

Back 126

state or condition

Front 127

-ism

Back 127

state or condition

Front 128

-ity

Back 128

state or condition

Front 129

-sis

Back 129

state or condition

Front 130

-tion

Back 130

state or condition

Front 131

-y

Back 131

state or condition

Front 132

paresis

Back 132

partial paralysis

Front 133

-form

Back 133

resembling, shaped like

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fusiform

Back 134

spindle-shaped

Front 135

-oid

Back 135

resembling, shaped like

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ovoid

Back 136

egg-shaped

Front 137

-genesis

Back 137

development, origin

Front 138

pathogenesis

Back 138

origin of disease

Front 139

-ible

Back 139

capable, able

Front 140

-ile

Back 140

capable, able

Front 141

flexible

Back 141

capable of bending

Front 142

-ize

Back 142

use, subject to

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anesthetize

Back 143

subject to anesthesia

Front 144

-logy

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science, study of

Front 145

biology

Back 145

science of life

Front 146

-oma

Back 146

tumor

Front 147

carcinoma

Back 147

cancerous growth

Front 148

-penia

Back 148

deficiency of, lack of

Front 149

leukopenia

Back 149

deficiency of white blood cells

Front 150

-pexy

Back 150

fixation, suture to stabilize

Front 151

gastropexy

Back 151

fixation/stabilization of stomach to abdominal wall

Front 152

-phage

Back 152

eating

Front 153

coprophagy

Back 153

eating feces

Front 154

-phobia

Back 154

abnormal fear or intolerance

Front 155

photophobia

Back 155

intolerance to light

Front 156

-plasia

Back 156

forming, growing, changing

Front 157

anaplasia

Back 157

changing structure of cells

Front 158

-pnea

Back 158

breathing

Front 159

apnea

Back 159

absence of breathing

Front 160

-tome

Back 160

instrument for cutting

Front 161

fetotome

Back 161

instrument for cutting up dead fetus