Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards
-al
pertaining to
-algia
condition of pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
cutting out, removal, excision
-emia
blood condition
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-ia
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ism
condition, process
-itis
inflammation
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-oma
tumor, mass
-opsy
to view
-osis
abnormal condition
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
process of visual examination
-sis
state of
-tomy
process of cutting into, incision
a-, an-
no, not
aut-
self
dia-
complete, through
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
endo-
within
epi-
above, upon, on
exo-
outside
hyper-
excessive, more than normal, too much
hypo-
below, less than normal, under
pan-
all
peri-
surrounding
pro-
before, forward
re-
back
retro-
behind
sub-
below, under
trans-
across, through