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
-graphy
Process of recording
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
Softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-oma
Tumor, Mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
To view
-penia
Deficiency
-phobia
Fear
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
-plasty
Surgical repair
-ptosis
Drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-sclerosis
Hardening
-scope
Instrument for visual examination
-stasis
Controlling, stopping
-stomy
Opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
Treatment
-trophy
Development, nourishment
-er
One who
-ia
Condition
-ist
Specialist
-oid
Resembling, derived from
-ole
Little, small
-ule
Little, small
- um
- ium
Structure, tissue
-us
Structure, substance
-y
Condition, process
- ac
- iac
- al
- ar
- ary
- eal
- ous
- tic
Pertaining to
-crine
Secrete
-drome
Run
-fusion
Coming together, to pour
-phoria
Bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
-physis
Growth
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
-gen
Substance that produces
-lapse
Slide, fall, sag
-meter
Measure
-mission
Send
-or
One who
-oxia
Oxygen
-partum
Birth, labor
-pnea
Breathing
-ptom
Happening, occurrence
ab-
Away from
ad-
Toward
A-
An-
No, not, without
ana-
Up, apart
ante-
Before, forward
anti-
Against
bi-
Two
brady-
Slow
con-
With, together
contra-
Against, opposite
de-
Down, lack off
dia-
Through, complete
dys-
Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
ec-
Out, outside
endo-
In, within
epi-

Upon, on, above
eu-
Good, normal
hemi-
Half
infra-
Beneath, under
inter-
Between
intra-
In, within, into
macro-
Large
mal-
bad
meta-
Beyond, change
micro-
Small
neo-
New
pan-
All
para-
Abnormal, beside, near
per-
Through
Poly-
many, much
post-
After, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
Before, forward
pros-
Before, forward
re-
Back, again
supra-
Above, upper
syn-
sym-
Together, with
tachy-
Fast
ultra-
Beyond, excess
uni-
One