1
Q
Neur/o
A
Nerve
2
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
3
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
4
Q
Gastr/o
A
Stomach
5
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
6
Q
Enter/o
A
Small intestines
7
Q
Hem/o
A
Blood
8
Q
My/o
A
Muscle
9
Q
Muscul/o
A
Muscle
10
Q
Anti/o
A
Vessel (most commonly a blood vessel)
11
Q
Vas/o
A
Vessel (most commonly a blood vessel)
12
Q
Vascul/o
A
Vessel (most commonly a blood vessel)
13
Q
Derm/o
A
Skin
14
Q
Dermat/o
A
Skin
15
Q
Dermat/o
A
Skin
16
Q
Cutane/o
A
Skin
17
Q
Pneum/o
A
Lung
18
Q
Pneumon/o
A
Lung
19
Q
Pulmon/o
A
Lung
20
Q
Gen/o
A
Creation, cause
21
Q
Hydr/o
A
Water
22
Q
Morph/o
A
Change
23
Q
Myc/o
A
Fungus
24
Q
Nerc/o
A
Death
25
Orth/o
Straight
26
Path/o
Suffering, disease
27
Phag/o
Eat
28
Plas/o
Formation
29
Py/o
Pus
30
Scler/o
Hard
31
sten/o
Narrowing
32
Troph/o
Nourishment, development
33
Xen/o
Foreign
34
8 suffixes meaning ‘pertaining to’
-ac
Cardiac
-al
Skeletal
-ar
Muscular
-ary
Pulmonary
-eal
Esophageal
-ic
Medic
-tic
Neurotic
-ous
Subcutaneous
35
-ia
Condition
Ex: pneumonia
36
-ism
Condition
Ex: autism
37
-ium
Tissue, structure
Ex: pericardium
38
-y
Condition, procedure
Ex: hypertrophy
39
4 suffixes meaning ‘small’:
-icle
Ventricle
-ole
Arteriole
-use
Pustule
-ula
Uvula
40
-iatrics
Medical science
41
-iatry
Medical science
42
-iatrist
Specialist in medicine of
43
-ist
Specialist
44
-logist
Specialist in the study of
45
-logy
Study of
46
-algia
Pain
47
-dynia
Pain
48
-cele
Hernia (a building of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)
49
-emia
Blood condition
50
-iasis
Presence of
51
-itis
Inflammation
52
-lysis
Break down, loosen
53
-malacia
Abnormal softening
54
-megaly
Enlargment
55
-oid
Resembling
56
-oma
Tumor
57
-osis
Condition
58
-pathy
Disease
59
-penia
Deficiency
60
-ptosis
Dropping
61
-rrhage
Excessive flow
62
-rrhea
Flow
63
-rrhexis
Rupture
64
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
65
-centesis
Puncture
66
-gram
Written record
67
-graph
Instrument used to produce a record
68
-graphy
Writing procedure
69
-meter
Instrument used to measure
70
-scope
Instrument used to look
71
-scopy
Process of looking
72
-desis
Dining, fixation
73
-ectomy
Removal
74
-pexy
Surgical fixation
75
-plasty
Reconstruction
76
-rrhaphy
Suture
77
-stomy
Creation of an opening
78
-tomy
Incision
79
Brady-
Slow
80
Tachy-
Fast
81
Post-
After
82
Re-
Again
83
Pro-
Before, on behalf of
84
Ante-
Before
85
Pre-
Before
86
Ab-
Away
87
ad-
Toward
88
Circum-
Around
89
Dia-
Through
90
Trans-
Through
91
Peri-
Around
92
E-
Ec-
Ex-
Out
93
Mono-
One
94
Oligo-
Few
95
Pan-
All
96
Poly-
Many
97
multi-
Many
98
Con-
With, together
99
Syn-
With, together
100
Sym-
With, together
101
Dys-
Bad
102
Eu-
Good
103
Ecto-
Outside
104
Exo-
Outside
105
Extra-
Outside
106
En-
In, inside
107
Endo-
In, inside
108
intra-
In, inside
109
Epi-
Upon
110
Sub-
Beneath
111
Inter-
Between
112
Bi-
Two
113
Hemi-
Half
114
Semi-
Half
115
Hyper-
Over (quantity/size)
116
Hypo-
Under (Quantity/size)
117
macro-
Large
118
Micro-
Small
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