Prefix Suffix Roots MED TERM PP a an

Prefix, Suffix, Roots MED TERM PP

a-, an negative, without

ante before

anti against

ad towards

ab away from

dors back

dys painful, difficult

brady slow

brachy short

bi two, both

endo inside

epi above, upon

hemihalf

hyper excessive, above, more than

inter between, among

intra within, inside

macro large, big

mal bad

micro small

neo new

para beside or below

peri around

poly many

post after

sub below

super above

tachy fast

-algia painful

-asthenia weakness

-cele hernia

-centesis surgical puncture

-ectomy removal

-itis inflammation/infection

-gram picture

-malacia abnormal softening

-megaly enlargement

-necrosis death of tissue

-ology study of

-osis abnormal condition

-ostomy surgical opening

-otomy surgical incision

-rrhea flow

-pathy disease

-plasty surgical repair

-rrhaphy suture

-sclerosis abnormal hardening

-scope instrument to view

plegia paralysis

-stenosis narrowing

acr/o extremities

angi/o vessel

arthr/o joint

cardi/o heart

cerebr/o brain

chrondr/o cartilage

cost/o ribs

cyte cell

gastr/o stomach

hepat liver

lapar abdomen

latero side

mamm/o breast

medial middle

my/o muscle

nephr/o kidney

oophor ovary

ot/o ear

pneum/o lung/air

rhino nose

tend/o tendon

trachi trachea (wind pipe)

thorac chest

salpingo fallopian tube

procto rectum

oste/o bone

neur/o nerve

nas/o nose

myel/o spinal cord/bone marrow

mast/o breast

lip/o fat

laryng larynx (voice box)

hyster/o uterus

hemo hemat blood

enter/o small intestines

cyst/o sac/bladder

col/o large intestines/colon

cervi/c neck

carp wrist

brachi arm

arteri/o artery

aden gland

tonsill tonsills

cyan/o -blue

lith stone

appendic appendix

myc/o fungus

py/o pus

pyr/o fever

eryth/o red

leuk/o white

melan/o black

poli/o gray