PrefixSuffix Flashcards
ana-
Up
cata-
Down
epi-
Above
Hypo-
Below
inter-
Between
intra-
Within
meta-
Change, beyond
- eal
- iac
- ior
Pertaining to
-ism
Process, Condition
-ose
Pertaining to, full of
-plasm
Formation
-somes
Bodies
-type
Picture, classification
- ac
- 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
Inflammation
-logy
Process of study
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
-opsy
Process of viewing
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase of numbers when used with blood cells)
-pathy
Disease condition
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
-scopy
Process of visually examining
-sis
State of; condition
-tomy
Process of cutting, incision
a-
an-
No, not, without
aut-
auto-
Self, own
dia-
Complete, through
endo-
Within
epi-
Above, upon
ex-
exo-
Out, outside of, outward
hyper-
Excessive, above, more than normal
hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
in-
into, in
peri-
Surrounding, around
pro-
Before, forward
re-
Back,  backward, again
retro-
Behind
sub-
Below, under
trans-
Across, through
-cele
Hernia
-centesis
Puncture to remove fluid
- coccus
- cocci
Berry- shaped bacterium
-cyte
Cell
-dynia
Pain
-gram
Record
-graph
Instrument for recording