Anatomy And Physiology Prefixes

Front 1

a-, an-

Back 1

absence or lack

Front 2

ab-

Back 2

departing from; away from

Front 3

acou-

Back 3

hearing

Front 4

ac-, acro-

Back 4

extreme or extremity

Front 5

ad-

Back 5

to or toward

Front 6

aden-, adeno-

Back 6

gland

Front 7

adren-

Back 7

toward the kidney

Front 8

aero-

Back 8

air

Front 9

af-

Back 9

toward

Front 10

agon-

Back 10

contest (agonistic muscles)

Front 11

alb-

Back 11

white

Front 12

aliment-

Back 12

nourish

Front 13

allel-

Back 13

of one another

Front 14

amphi-

Back 14

on both sides; of both kinds

Front 15

ana-

Back 15

apart, up, again

Front 16

anastomos-

Back 16

come together

Front 17

aneurysm

Back 17

a widening

Front 18

angi-

Back 18

vessel

Front 19

angin-

Back 19

choked

Front 20

ant-, anti-

Back 20

opposed to; preventing or inhibiting

Front 21

ante-

Back 21

preceding, before

Front 22

aort-

Back 22

great artery

Front 23

ap-, api-

Back 23

tip, extremity

Front 24

append-

Back 24

hang to (appendicular skeleton)

Front 25

aqua-, aque-

Back 25

water

Front 26

arbor

Back 26

tree

Front 27

areola-

Back 27

open space

Front 28

arrect-

Back 28

upright

Front 29

arthr-, arthro-

Back 29

joint (arthropathy)

Front 30

artic-

Back 30

joint (articular surface)

Front 31

atri-

Back 31

vestibule

Front 32

auscult-

Back 32

listen

Front 33

aut-, auto-

Back 33

self

Front 34

ax-, axi-, axo-

Back 34

axis, axle

Front 35

azyg-

Back 35

unpaired

Front 36

baro-

Back 36

pressure

Front 37

basal

Back 37

base

Front 38

bi-

Back 38

two

Front 39

bili-

Back 39

bile

Front 40

bio-

Back 40

life

Front 41

blast-

Back 41

bud or germ

Front 42

brachi-

Back 42

arm

Front 43

brady-

Back 43

slow

Front 44

brev-

Back 44

short

Front 45

broncho-

Back 45

bronchus

Front 46

bucco-

Back 46

cheek

Front 47

calor-

Back 47

heat

Front 48

capill-

Back 48

hair

Front 49

caput-

Back 49

head

Front 50

carcin-

Back 50

cancer

Front 51

cardi-, cardio-

Back 51

heart

Front 52

carneo-

Back 52

flesh

Front 53

carot-

Back 53

carrot (an orange pigment); stupor (carotid arteries in neck, blockage causes fainting)

Front 54

cata-

Back 54

down

Front 55

caud-

Back 55

tail

Front 56

cec-

Back 56

blind

Front 57

cele-

Back 57

abdominal

Front 58

cephal-

Back 58

head

Front 59

cerebro-

Back 59

brain, especially the cerebrum

Front 60

cervic-, cervix

Back 60

neck

Front 61

chiasm-

Back 61

crossing

Front 62

chole-

Back 62

bile (cholesterol)

Front 63

chondr-

Back 63

cartilage

Front 64

chrom-

Back 64

colored

Front 65

cili-

Back 65

small hair

Front 66

circum-

Back 66

around

Front 67

clavic-

Back 67

key

Front 68

co-, con-

Back 68

together

Front 69

coccy-

Back 69

cuckoo

Front 70

cochlea

Back 70

snail shell

Front 71

coel-

Back 71

hollow

Front 72

commis-

Back 72

united

Front 73

concha

Back 73

shell

Front 74

contra-

Back 74

against

Front 75

corn-, cornu-

Back 75

horn

Front 76

corona

Back 76

crown

Front 77

corp-

Back 77

body

Front 78

cort-

Back 78

bark

Front 79

cost-

Back 79

rib

Front 80

crani-

Back 80

skull

Front 81

crypt-

Back 81

hidden

Front 82

cusp-

Back 82

pointed

Front 83

cutic-

Back 83

skin

Front 84

cyan-

Back 84

blue

Front 85

cyst-

Back 85

sac, bladder

Front 86

cyt-

Back 86

cell

Front 87

de-

Back 87

undoing, reversal, loss, removal

Front 88

decid-

Back 88

falling off

Front 89

delta

Back 89

triangular

Front 90

den-, dent-

Back 90

tooth

Front 91

dendr-

Back 91

tree, branch

Front 92

derm-

Back 92

skin

Front 93

desm-

Back 93

bond

Front 94

di-

Back 94

twice, double

Front 95

dia-

Back 95

through, between

Front 96

dialys-

Back 96

separate, break apart

Front 97

diastol-

Back 97

stand apart

Front 98

diure-

Back 98

urinate

Front 99

dors-

Back 99

the back

Front 100

duc-, duct-

Back 100

lead, draw

Front 101

dura

Back 101

hard (dura mater)

Front 102

dys-

Back 102

difficult, faulty, painful

Front 103

ec-, ex-, ecto-

Back 103

out, outside, away from

Front 104

ectop-

Back 104

displaced

Front 105

edem-

Back 105

swelling (edema)

Front 106

ef-

Back 106

away (efferent nerve fibers)

Front 107

ejac-

Back 107

to shoot forth

Front 108

embol-

Back 108

wedge

Front 109

en-, em-

Back 109

in, inside

Front 110

enceph-

Back 110

brain

Front 111

endo-

Back 111

within, inner

Front 112

entero-

Back 112

intestine

Front 113

epi-

Back 113

over, above (epidermis)

Front 114

erythr-

Back 114

red

Front 115

eso-

Back 115

within (esophagus)

Front 116

eu-

Back 116

well

Front 117

excret-

Back 117

separate

Front 118

exo-

Back 118

outside, outer layer

Front 119

extra-

Back 119

outside, beyond

Front 120

extrins-

Back 120

from the outside

Front 121

fasci-, fascia-

Back 121

bundle, band

Front 122

fenestr-

Back 122

window

Front 123

ferr-

Back 123

iron

Front 124

flagell-

Back 124

whip

Front 125

flat-

Back 125

blow, blown

Front 126

folli-

Back 126

bag, bellows (hair follicle)

Front 127

fontan-

Back 127

fountain

Front 128

foram-

Back 128

opening

Front 129

foss-

Back 129

ditch (fossa ovalis)

Front 130

gam-, gamet-

Back 130

married, spouse

Front 131

gangli-

Back 131

swelling, or knot

Front 132

gastr-

Back 132

stomach

Front 133

gene

Back 133

beginning, origin

Front 134

germin-

Back 134

grow

Front 135

gero-, geront-

Back 135

old man

Front 136

gest-

Back 136

carried (gestation)

Front 137

glauc-

Back 137

gray

Front 138

glom-

Back 138

ball

Front 139

glosso-

Back 139

tongue

Front 140

gluco-, glyco-

Back 140

gluconeogenesis, the production of glucose from noncarbohydrate molecules

Front 141

glute-

Back 141

buttock

Front 142

gnost-

Back 142

knowing (the gnostic sense)

Front 143

gompho-

Back 143

nail (gomphosis, the term applied to the joint between tooth and jaw)

Front 144

gon-, gono-

Back 144

seed, offspring (gonads)

Front 145

gust-

Back 145

taste

Front 146

hapt-

Back 146

fasten, grasp