Medical Terminology: Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots

Front 1

A-

Back 1

Without

Front 2

Ab-

Back 2

From, away from

Front 3

Adip-

Back 3

Fat

Front 4

Aer-

Back 4

Air

Front 5

-alg/ia

Back 5

Pain

Front 6

Amyl-

Back 6

Starch

Front 7

Anit-

Back 7

Against

Front 8

Angi-

Back 8

Vessel

Front 9

Aryer/i

Back 9

Artery

Front 10

Artho-

Back 10

Joint

Front 11

Auto-

Back 11

Self

Front 12

Bi-

Back 12

Two

Front 13

Bio-

Back 13

Life

Front 14

-blast

Back 14

Germ

Front 15

Bronch-

Back 15

Windpipe

Front 16

Cardi-, cardio-, -cardia

Back 16

Heary, cardiac

Front 17

Cerebr/o-

Back 17

Brain

Front 18

Cervic-

Back 18

Neck

Front 19

Chondr/o-

Back 19

Cartilage

Front 20

-cide/cidal-

Back 20

Killing

Front 21

Col-

Back 21

Colon

Front 22

Cranio-

Back 22

Skull

Front 23

-crit

Back 23

To separate

Front 24

Cyt-, cyto-

Back 24

A hollow cell

Front 25

-cyte

Back 25

Cell

Front 26

Dent-

Back 26

Tooth

Front 27

Derm/a-

Back 27

Skin

Front 28

Di-

Back 28

Two

Front 29

Dis-

Back 29

To undo, free from

Front 30

Dors/o

Back 30

Back

Front 31

-ectomy

Back 31

Excision

Front 32

End-, endo-

Back 32

Within

Front 33

Ep/i

Back 33

On

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Ex-

Back 34

Out of

Front 35

Extra-

Back 35

Outside of, beyond

Front 36

Gastro/o

Back 36

Stomach

Front 37

-gen-, genesis

Back 37

Origin, cause

Front 38

-genic-

Back 38

Producing, originating

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-gram-

Back 39

Recording

Front 40

Hem/a/o-

Back 40

Blood

Front 41

Hemi-

Back 41

One Half

Front 42

Hemo-

Back 42

Blood

Front 43

Hepa/to-

Back 43

Liver

Front 44

Hist/o-

Back 44

Tissue

Front 45

Homeo-

Back 45

The same

Front 46

Homo-

Back 46

Same

Front 47

Hyper-

Back 47

Above

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Hyp/o-

Back 48

Under

Front 49

Hyster/o-

Back 49

Uterus

Front 50

Im-

Back 50

In, into

Front 51

Infra-

Back 51

Under

Front 52

Inter-

Back 52

Between

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-ism-

Back 53

A condition

Front 54

Iso-

Back 54

Equal

Front 55

-itia- [ia]

Back 55

Disease

Front 56

-itis-

Back 56

Inflammation

Front 57

Lact/o-

Back 57

Milk

Front 58

Leuk/o-

Back 58

White

Front 59

-logy-

Back 59

Study of subject

Front 60

Lyso-, -lysis, -lytic, -lyze

Back 60

A loosening

Front 61

Macro-

Back 61

Abnormal largeness

Front 62

Meso-

Back 62

Middle

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-Meter

Back 63

Instrument used to measure

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Micro-

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Small

Front 65

Mono-

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One

Front 66

-morph-, morpho-

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Form

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Multi-

Back 67

Many

Front 68

Myo-

Back 68

Muscle

Front 69

Nephr-

Back 69

Kidney

Front 70

Neur-, neuri-, neuro-

Back 70

Nerve

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-ologist

Back 71

One who studies practices

Front 72

-ology

Back 72

The study of

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-opsy

Back 73

To view

Front 74

-osis

Back 74

State, condition

Front 75

-ost, -oste-, osteo-

Back 75

Bone

Front 76

-ostomy

Back 76

Creation of artificial

Front 77

Ot/o-

Back 77

Ear

Front 78

-otomy

Back 78

Cut into

Front 79

Path-, patho-, -pathy

Back 79

Disease

Front 80

Pecto-

Back 80

Chest

Front 81

Pector-

Back 81

Chest

Front 82

Peri-

Back 82

Around

Front 83

Phago-

Back 83

To eat

Front 84

-phil, -philia

Back 84

Love

Front 85

-phot, photo-

Back 85

Light

Front 86

Physio-

Back 86

Nature

Front 87

Poly-

Back 87

Many, much

Front 88

Post-

Back 88

After

Front 89

Pre-

Back 89

Before

Front 90

Pulmo-

Back 90

Lung

Front 91

Retro-

Back 91

Backward

Front 92

Sacchar-

Back 92

Sugar

Front 93

Sarco-

Back 93

Flesh

Front 94

Scler-, selero-

Back 94

Hard

Front 95

-scope

Back 95

To view

Front 96

-scopy

Back 96

Visual exam

Front 97

Semi-

Back 97

Half

Front 98

Sepsis-

Back 98

Infection of the bloodstream

Front 99

-sepsis

Back 99

Infection of the bloodstream

Front 100

Stasis-

Back 100

Balance

Front 101

Sta/t-

Back 101

Electric units in the cgs electrostatic system

Front 102

Sub-

Back 102

Below

Front 103

Super-

Back 103

Above or beyond

Front 104

Tetra-

Back 104

Four

Front 105

-tomy-

Back 105

Cutting

Front 106

Tri-

Back 106

Three

Front 107

-trophy

Back 107

Nourishment

Front 108

Ur/o-, uria

Back 108

Urine

Front 109

Vas/-

Back 109

Vessel: vascular

Front 110

Ven/e/i/o

Back 110

Vein