MT Suffixes & Prefixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
Pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
excision, removal
-emia
blood condition
-genic
pertaining to producing produced by, or produced in
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
-ion
process
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflamation
-logy
process of study
-oma
tumor, mass swelling
-opsy
Process of viewing
-osis
condition (usually abnormal)
-pathy
disease condition
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
process of visually examining
-sis
state of condition
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
-y
process condition
a- , an-
no, not, withoutt
aut-, auto-
self, own
dia-
complete through
endo-
within
ex-, exo-
out, outside of, outward
epi-
above, upon
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
hypo-
defiant below, underlies than normal
in-
into, in
peri-
surrounding, around
pro-
before, forward
re-
back, backward, again
retro-
behind
sub-
below, under
trans-
across, through