Medical Prefixes Suffixes And Examples

Front 1

acr(o)-

Back 1

extremity, topmost

Front 2

-acusis

Back 2

hearing

Front 3

-ad

Back 3

toward, in the direction of

Front 4

ad-

Back 4

increase, adherence, motion toward, very

Front 5

aden(o)-, aden(i)-

Back 5

Of or relating to a gland

Front 6

adip(o)-

Back 6

Of or relating to fat or fatty tissue

Front 7

adren(o)-

Back 7

Of or relating to adrenal glands

Front 8

-aemia

Back 8

blood condition

Front 9

aer(o)-

Back 9

air. gas

Front 10

aesthesio-

Back 10

sensation

Front 11

-al

Back 11

pertaining to

Front 12

alb-

Back 12

Denoting a white or pale color

Front 13

alge(si)-

Back 13

pain

Front 14

-algia

Back 14

pain

Front 15

alg(i)o-

Back 15

pain

Front 16

allo-

Back 16

Denoting something as different, or as an addition

Front 17

ambi-

Back 17

Denoting something as positioned on both sides; Describing both of two

Front 18

amnio-

Back 18

Pertaining to the membraneous fetal sac (amnion)

Front 19

an-

Back 19

not, without

Front 20

an(o)

Back 20

anus

Front 21

andr(o)-

Back 21

pertaining to a man

Front 22

angi(o)-

Back 22

blood vessel

Front 23

aniso-

Back 23

Describing something as unequal

Front 24

ankyl(o)-, ancyl(o)-

Back 24

Denoting something as crooked or bent

Front 25

ante-

Back 25

Describing something as positioned in front of another thing

Front 26

anti-

Back 26

Describing something as 'against' or 'opposed to' another

Front 27

apo-

Back 27

separated from, derived from

Front 28

arteri(o)-

Back 28

Of or pertaining to an artery

Front 29

arthr(o)-

Back 29

Of or pertaining to the joints, limbs

Front 30

articul(o)-

Back 30

joint

Front 31

-ary

Back 31

pertaining to

Front 32

-ase

Back 32

enzvme

Front 33

-asthenia

Back 33

weakness

Front 34

-ation

Back 34

process

Front 35

aur(i)-

Back 35

Of or pertaining to the ear

Front 36

aut(o)-

Back 36

self

Front 37

axill-

Back 37

Of or pertaining to the armpit [uncommon as a prefix]

Front 38

bucc(o)-

Back 38

Of or pertaining to the cheek

Front 39

burs(o)-

Back 39

bursa

Front 40

balano-

Back 40

Of the glans penis or glans clitoridis

Front 41

bi-

Back 41

twice, double

Front 42

bio-

Back 42

life

Front 43

blast(o)-

Back 43

germ or bud

Front 44

blephar(o)-

Back 44

Of or pertaining to the eyelid

Front 45

brachi(o)-

Back 45

Of or relating to the arm

Front 46

brachy-

Back 46

Indicating 'short' or less commonly 'little'

Front 47

brady-

Back 47

Indicating 'slow'

Front 48

bronch(i)-

Back 48

bronchus

Front 49

cephal(o)-

Back 49

Of or pertaining to the head (as a whole)

Front 50

cerat(o)-

Back 50

Of or pertaining to the cornu; a horn

Front 51

cerebell(o)-

Back 51

Of or pertaining to the cerebellum

Front 52

cerebr(o)-

Back 52

Of or pertaining to the brain

Front 53

cervic-

Back 53

Of or pertaining to the neck, the cervix

Front 54

chem(o)-

Back 54

chemistry, drug

Front 55

chir(o)-, cheir(o)-

Back 55

Of or pertaining to the hand

Front 56

chlor(o)-

Back 56

Denoting a green color

Front 57

chol(e)-

Back 57

Of or pertaining to bile

Front 58

cholecyst(o)-

Back 58

Of or pertaining to the gallbladder

Front 59

chondr(i)o-

Back 59

cartilage, gristle, granule, granular

Front 60

chrom(ato)-

Back 60

color

Front 61

-cidal, -cide

Back 61

killing, destroying

Front 62

cili-

Back 62

Of or pertaining to the cilia, the eyelashes; evelids

Front 63

circum-

Back 63

Denoting something as 'around' another

Front 64

cis-

Back 64

on this side

Front 65

clast

Back 65

break

Front 66

co-

Back 66

with, together, in association

Front 67

col-, colo-, colono-

Back 67

colon

Front 68

colp(o)-

Back 68

Of or pertaining to the vagina

Front 69

com-

Back 69

with, together

Front 70

contra

Back 70

against

Front 71

cor-

Back 71

with, together

Front 72

cor-, core-, coro-

Back 72

Of or pertaining to eye's pupil

Front 73

cordi-

Back 73

Of or pertaining to the heart [Uncommon as a prefix]

Front 74

1 cornu-

Back 74

Applied to processes and parts of the body describing them likened or similar to horns

Front 75

cost(o)-

Back 75

Of or pertaining to the ribs

Front 76

cox-

Back 76

Of or relating to the hip. haunch, or hip-joint

Front 77

crani(o)-

Back 77

Belonging or relating to the cranium

Front 78

-crine

Back 78

to secrete

Front 79

cry(o)-

Back 79

cold

Front 80

cutane-

Back 80

skin

Front 81

cyan(o)-

Back 81

Denotes a blue color

Front 82

[cycl-

Back 82

circle, cycle

Front 83

cyph(o)-

Back 83

Denotes something as bent [uncommon as a prefix]

Front 84

cyst(o)-, cyst(i)-

Back 84

Of or pertaining to the urinary* bladder

Front 85

cyt(o)-

Back 85

cell

Front 86

-cyte

Back 86

cell

Front 87

dacr-

Back 87

tear

Front 88

dactyl(o)-

Back 88

Of or pertaining to a finger, toe

Front 89

de-

Back 89

away from, cessation

Front 90

dent-

Back 90

Of or pertaining to teeth

Front 91

dermat(o)-, derm(o)-

Back 91

Of or pertaining to the skin

Front 92

-desis

Back 92

binding

Front 93

dextr(o)-

Back 93

right, on the right side

Front 94

di-

Back 94

two

Front 95

di-

Back 95

apart, separation

Front 96

dia-

Back 96

(same as Greek meaning)

Front 97

dif-

Back 97

apart, separation

Front 98

digit-

Back 98

Of or pertaining to the finger [rare as a root]

Front 99

dis-

Back 99

separation, taking apart

Front 100

dors(o)-, dors(i)-

Back 100

Of or pertaining to the back

Front 101

duodeno-

Back 101

upper part of the small intestine, connects to the stomach

Front 102

dynam(o)-

Back 102

force, energy, power

Front 103

-dynia

Back 103

pain

Front 104

dys-

Back 104

bad. difficult

Front 105

-eal

Back 105

pertaining to

Front 106

ec-

Back 106

out. away

Front 107

ect(o)-

Back 107

outer, outside

Front 108

-ectasis

Back 108

expansion, dilation

Front 109

-ectomy

Back 109

Denotes a surgical operation or removal of a body part

Front 110

-emesis

Back 110

vomiting condition

Front 111

-emia

Back 111

blood condition (AmE)

Front 112

encephal(o)-

Back 112

Of or pertaining to the brain. Also see Cerebro.

Front 113

endo-

Back 113

Denotes something as 'inside1 or 'within'

Front 114

enter(o)-

Back 114

Of or pertaining to the intestine

Front 115

epi-

Back 115

[Same as Greek meaning: on, upon]

Front 116

episi(o)-

Back 116

Of or pertaining to the pubic region, the loins

Front 117

erythr(o)-

Back 117

Denotes a red color

Front 118

-esophageal, -esophago

Back 118

gullet

Front 119

esthesio-

Back 119

sensation

Front 120

eu-

Back 120

true, good, well, new

Front 121

ex-

Back 121

out of. away from

Front 122

exo-

Back 122

Denotes something as 'outside' another

Front 123

extra-

Back 123

outside

Front 124

faci(o)-

Back 124

Of or pertaining to the face

Front 125

fibr(o)

Back 125

fiber

Front 126

fili-

Back 126

fine, hair like

Front 127

-form, -iform

Back 127

Used to form adjectives indicating 'having the form of

Front 128

front-

Back 128

Of or pertaining to the forehead

Front 130

Prefix/suffix

Back 130

Meaning

Front 131

galact(o)-

Back 131

milk

Front 132

gastr(o)-

Back 132

Of or pertaining to the stomach

Front 133

-gen

Back 133

(1) Denotes the sense 'born in, from' (2) Denotes the sense 'of a certain kind'

Front 134

-genie

Back 134

Formation

Front 135

genu-

Back 135

Of or pertaining to the knee

Front 136

gingiv-

Back 136

Of or pertaining to the gums

Front 137

glauc(o)-

Back 137

Denoting a grey, bluish-grey color

Front 138

gloss(o)-, glott(o)-

Back 138

Of or pertaining to the tongue

Front 139

gluco-

Back 139

glucose

Front 140

glyco-

Back 140

sugar

Front 141

gnath(o)-

Back 141

Of or pertaining to the jaw

Front 142

gon(o)-

Back 142

seed, semen; also, reproductive

Front 143

-gram

Back 143

record or picture

Front 144

-graph

Back 144

record or picture

Front 145

-graphy

Back 145

process of recording

Front 146

gyn(aec)o- (BrE), gyn(ec)o- (AmE)

Back 146

woman

Front 147

halluc-

Back 147

to wander in mind

Front 148

hemat-, haemato-(haem-, hem-)

Back 148

Of or pertaining to blood

Front 149

hema or hemo-

Back 149

blood

Front 150

hemi-

Back 150

one-half

Front 151

hepat- (hepatic-)

Back 151

Of or pertaining to the liver

Front 152

heter(o)-

Back 152

Denotes something as 'the other' (of two), as an addition, or different

Front 153

hidr(o)-

Back 153

sweat

Front 154

hist(o)-, histio-

Back 154

tissue

Front 155

home(o)-

Back 155

similar

Front 156

hom(o)-

Back 156

Denotes something as 'the same' as another or common

Front 157

humer(o)-

Back 157

Of or pertaining to the shoulder (or [rarely] the upper arm)

Front 158

|hydr(o)-

Back 158

water

Front 159

hyper-

Back 159

Denotes something as 'extreme' or 'beyond normal'

Front 160

hyp(o)-

Back 160

Denotes something as 'below normal'

Front 161

hyster(o)-

Back 161

Of or pertaining to the womb, the uterus