Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots Flashcards
-algia
pain, suffering
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out
-gram
picture or record
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
-itis
inflammation
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-ostomy
The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
pre-
in front of, before
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhage
Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
Surgical suturing
-rreah
Flow or discharge
-sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
cyan/o
means blue
erythr/o
means red
leuk/o
means white
melan/o
means black
poli/o
means gray
-ac
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-an
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
-ial
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-ior
pertaining to
-ory
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
-ago
abnormal condition or disease
-esis
abnormal condition or disease
-ia
abnormal condition or disease
-iasis
abnormal condition or disease
-ion
abnormal condition or disease
-ism
abnormal condition or disease
-pathy
abnormal condition or disease
path-
disease
-ology
study of
gastr/o
stomach
-megaly
enlargement
hepat/o
liver
-malacia
abnormal softening
arteri/o
artery
-necrosis
tissue death
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
-centesis
a surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
abdomin/o
abdomen
angi/o
blood vessel
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
my/o
muscle
-scopy
visual examination
arthr/o
joint
hem/o
blood
ten/o
tendon
peri-
means surrounding
nat
means birth
ab-
away from, negative, absent
ad-
toward, to, in the direction of
dextro-
right side
sinistro-
left side
ex-
out of, outside, away from
in-
in, into, not, without
macro-
large, abnormal size, or long
micro-
small
mega- , megalo-
large, great
oligo-
scanty, few
pre-
before
post-
behind, after
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
eu-
good, normal, well, or easy
inter-
means between or among
intra-
means within or inside
sub-
means under, less, or below
super- , supra-
above or excessive
laryng
larynx or throat
ot/o
ear
rhin/o
nose
end-
within
ather/o
plaque or fatty substance
-oma
tumor
-otomy
cutting or a surgical incision
myc/o
fungus
myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
pyel/o
renal pelvis, which is part of the kidney
py/o
pus
pyr/o
fever or fire
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
anter/o
before, front
caud/o
lower part of body, tail
cephal/o
head
cyt/o
cell
-cyte
cell
end-
in, within, inside
endo-
in, within, inside
exo-
out of, outside, away from
hist/o
tissue
-ologist
specialist
-ology
the science or study of
path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-plasia
development, growth, formation
poster/o
behind, toward the back
-stasis
control, maintenance of a constant level
-static
control, maintenance of a constant level
plas/o
plas/i
formation
caudal
toward the lower part of the body
cephalic
toward the head
distal
situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body structure
dorsal
the back of the organ or body
inguinal
relating to the groin, refers to the entire lower area of the abdomen.
medial
the direction toward, or, nearer the midline.
ventr
belly side of the body
Superior
uppermost, above, or toward the head
Inferior
lowermost, below, or toward the feet
Lateral
the direction toward, or nearer, the side of the body, away from the midline. Lateral is the opposite of medial
cranial
pertaining to the skull
Ana-
Backward
-plasia
Formation
Dys-
Bad
-trophy
Development
Aden
Gland
Eti-
Cause
Dem
Population
idi/o
Particular to the individual