Prefix and Suffix Flashcards
a, an (prefix)
without
ab - prefix
away from
ad - prefix
toward
algia - prefix, mostly suffix
pain
ante - prefix or suffix
before; wall part
anti - prefix
against
bi - prefix
two, double
brady - prefix or suffix
slow
circum - prefix
around
co, con - prefix or suffix
together
de - prefix or suffix
down or away from
desis- prefix or suffix (mostly suffix)
binding; fixation of
dia- prefix or suffix
through
dys - prefix
difficult; abnormal
ecto - prefix
outside
ectomy - prefix or suffix (mostly suffix)
excision
endo - prefix
within
epi - prefix
outer, on top of, over
exo - prefix
away from
extra- prefix or suffix
outside, beyond
ferro - prefix
iron
fore- prefix or suffix
before
form- prefix or suffix
shape of
graphy- prefix or suffix
writing, record
hemi - prefix
half
hydra, hydro - prefix
water
hyper - prefix
above
hypo - below
below
iasis - suffix
condition of
iatric - suffix
medicine
ic - suffix
pertaining to
inter- prefix
between
intra - prefix
within
isis, asis - suffix
condition of
itis- suffix
inflammation of
juxta - prefix
near
kinesis- prefix or suffix
movement
kypho - prefix
humped
logia, logy - suffix
science of
lysis - suffix
disintegration
macro - prefix
large, long
malacia- prefix or suffix
softening
med, medi, medio- prefix or suffix
middle
mega, megaly- prefix or suffix
enlargement
micro - mostly prefix
small
mono - prefix
single, one
multi - prefix
many
neo - prefix
new
ob - prefix
against
oid - suffix
like, shape, resemble
oligo- prefix or suffix
few
ology - suffix
study of
oma - suffix
tumor
osis - suffix
condition
otomy- suffix
incision
pachy- prefix or suffix
thick
para - prefix
near; departure from
path- prefix or suffix
disease
penia - suffix
deficiency
peri - prefix
around
pexy - suffix
fixation, suspension
phobia - suffix
fear of
phoresis - suffix
transmission
plasty - suffix
plastic surgical correction
plegia - suffix
paralysis, stroke
poly- prefix or suffix
many
post- prefix or suffix
after
pre - prefix
before
pro - prefix
in front of; before of
pseudo - prefix
false
ptosis - suffix
falling
re - prefix
back, again
retro - prefix
backward
rrhaphy - suffix
suture
rhexis - suffix
rupture
scopy - suffix
exam
semi - prefix
half
sphygmo - prefix
pulse
sub - prefix
below
super, supra - prefix
above
sym, syn- prefix or suffix
together
tachy - prefix
swift, fast
tele - prefix
distance
toxo- prefix or suffix
toxic, poison
trans - prefix
across
tri - prefix
three
ultra - prefix
above
uni - prefix
one
xeno - prefix
foreign
xero - prefix
dry