Common Med Suffixes, Prefixes and Root Words (Mod 2 Doc) Flashcards
a-, an-
without, not, no
ante-
before
anti-
against
auto-
self
bi-
two
bio-
life
brady-
slow
circum-
around
cirrh-
orange-yellow
contra-
against
cyan-
blue
dia-
completely
dys-
bad, painful, abnormal
endo-
within, inner
epi-
above
eryth-
red
eu-
good, normal
extra-
outside
hemi-
half
hyper-
over, above
hypo-
below, under
immun-
pertaining to immunity
inter-
between, among
intra-
within, inside
iso-
equal
leuk-
white
macro-
large
mal-
poor
melan-
black
micro-
small
pan-
all
per-
through
peri-
around
poly-
many, excessive
post-
after
pre-
before
quadri-
four
sub-
below, under
sym-, syn-
together
acous/o
hearing
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
alb
white
ambul/o
walk
andr/o
male
angi/o
vessel
arthr/o
joint
bucc/o
cheek
carcin/o
cancer
cardi
heart
cereb
brain
chem/o
chemistry
cyan
blue
cyst/o
bladder
cyt/o
cell
derm/a
skin
duoden/o
duodenum, first part of small intestine
enter/o
intestine
erythr/o
red
esophag/o
esophagus