Prefixes and suffixes used in forming medical terms

Prefixes and suffixes used in forming medical terms PREFIX REFERRING TO: PREFIX a-, an ab acr -, ac ad af alba angio ante arterio in bone arthro blast brachi bucc burs capit card - without, absence of away from sharp, point towards center plane or white vessel containing fluid before, infront of an artery a joint growing the arm the cheek a sac, pouch with fluid head the heart REFERRING TO: cyst derm di ecto endo epi eryth fasc - foss - gangl gastr gloss haem-, hemi hepat infra - sac filled with fluid the skin two outside, external within above red a sheet depressed area a swelling the stomach tongue the blood half the liver beneath

Prefixes and suffixes used in forming medical terms caud cephal cerebro condyle chondro coel corp beyond cyan cyto musc nephr os, osteo para - tail the head brain knob of bone cartilage hollow cavity the body blue the cell a muscle the kdney bone near, beside inter leuc macro meat meso melan menin myo opth ot peri - intra - between inside white large, great a canal, passage middle meta after, black a membrane muscle the eye the ear near, around

Prefixes and suffixes used in forming medical terms phag phleb pleur pneu post pre pter reticulo sept serrate sinu soma spin steno sub sulc tuber visc - to eat a vein membrane of lung air, lung after, behind before in time a wing a network a partition saw-edge a hollow body a sharp process narrow beneath a groove a swelling the internal organs

Prefixes and suffixes used in forming medical terms Suffix: - ectasis - ion - itis - morph - crest - facet - foramen - plexus Referring to: expansion, dilatation process inflammation form prominent ridge a shallow articulation surface opening in bone network of interlaced nerves or vessels