Final Prefixes/Suffixes

  1. anti-
    against
  2. carcin/o
    cancerous
  3. immun/o
    immune, protection, safe
  4. lymph/o
    lymph, lymphatic tissue
  5. lymphaden/o
    lymph node or gland
  6. lymphangi/o
    lymph vessel
  7. neo-, ne/o
    new, strange
  8. -oma
    tumor, neoplasm
  9. onc/o
    tumor
  10. phag/o
    eat, swallow
  11. -plasm
    formative material of cells
  12. sarc/o
    flesh, connective tissue
  13. splen/o
    spleen
  14. -tic
    pertaining to
  15. tox/o
    poison, poisonous
  16. bronch/o, bronchi/o
    bronchial tube, bronchus
  17. laryng/o
    larynx, throat
  18. nas/o
    nose
  19. ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
    oxygen
  20. pharyng/o
    throat, pharynx
  21. phon/o
    sound, voice
  22. pleur/o
    pleura, side of the body
  23. -pnea
    breathing
  24. pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu-
    lung, air
  25. pulm/o, pulmon/o
    lung
  26. sinus/o
    sinus
  27. somn/o
    sleep
  28. spir/o
    to breathe
  29. thorac/o, -thorax
    chest, pleural cavity
  30. trache/o, trachea
    windpipe, trachea
  31. an/o
    anus, ring
  32. chol/e
    bile, gall
  33. cholecyst/o
    gallbladder
  34. col/o, colon/o
    colon, large intestine
  35. -emesis
    vomiting
  36. enter/o
    small intestine
  37. esophag/o
    esophagus
  38. gastr/o
    stomach, belly
  39. hepat/o
    liver
  40. -lithiasis
    presence of stones
  41. -pepsia
    digest, digestion
  42. -phagia
    eating, swallowing
  43. proct/o
    anus and rectum
  44. rect/o
    rectum, straight
  45. sigmoid/o
    sigmoid colon
  46. -cele
    hernia, tumor, swelling
  47. cyst/o
    urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
  48. dia-
    through, between, apart, complete
  49. -ectasis
    stretching, dilation, enlargement
  50. glomerul/o
    glomerulus
  51. lith/o
    stone, calculus
  52. -lysis
    breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
  53. nephr/o
    kidney
  54. -pexy
    surgical fixation
  55. pyel/o
    renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
  56. -tripsy
    to crush
  57. ur/o
    urine, urinary tract
  58. ureter/o
    ureter
  59. urethr/o
    urethra
  60. -uria
    urination, urine
  61. caus/o
    burning, burn
  62. cerebr/o
    cerebrum, brain
  63. concuss/o
    shaken together, violently agitated
  64. contus/o
    bruise
  65. encephal/o
    brain
  66. -esthesia
    sensation, feeling
  67. esthet/o
    feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
  68. -graphy
    the process of producing a picture or record
  69. mening/o
    membranes, meninges
  70. myel/o
    spinal cord, bone marrow
  71. neur/i, neur/o
    nerve, nerve tissue
  72. phobia
    abnormal fear
  73. psych/o
    mind
  74. radicul/o
    root or nerve root
  75. -tropic
    having an affinity for
  76. blephar/o
    eyelid
  77. -cusis
    hearing
  78. irid/o
    iris, colored part of eye
  79. kerat/o
    horny, hard, cornea
  80. myring/o
    tympanic membrane, eardrum
  81. ophthalm/o
    eye, vision
  82. -opia
    vision condition
  83. opt/o
    eye, vision
  84. ot/o
    ear, hearing
  85. phak/o
    lens of eye
  86. presby/o
    old age
  87. retin/o
    retina, net
  88. scler/o
    sclera, white of eye, hard
  89. trop/o
    turn, change
  90. tympan/o
    tympanic membrane, eardrum
  91. cutane/o skin
  92. derm/o, dermat/o skin
  93. hidr/o
    sweat
  94. hirsut/o
    hairy, rough
  95. lip/o
    fat, lipid
  96. melan/o
    black, dark
  97. myc/o
    fungus
  98. onych/o
    fingernail or toenail
  99. pil/i, pil/o
    hair
  100. py/o
    pus
  101. rhytid/o
    wrinkle
  102. seb/o
    sebum
  103. urtic/o
    rash, hives
  104. xer/o
    dry
  105. acr/o
    extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point
  106. adren/o
    adrenal glands
  107. crin/o
    secrete
  108. -dipsia
    thirst
  109. glyc/o
    glucose, sugar
  110. gonad/o
    gonad, sex glands
  111. -ism
    condition, state of
  112. pancreat/o
    pancreas
  113. parathyroid/o
    parathyroid glands
  114. pineal/o
    pineal gland
  115. pituitar/o
    pituitary gland
  116. poly-
    many
  117. somat/o
    body
  118. thym/o
    thymus gland
  119. thyr/o, thyroid/o
    thyroid gland
  120. cervic/o
    cervix (neck of uterus)
  121. colp/o
    vagina
  122. -gravida
    pregnant
  123. gynec/o
    woman, female
  124. hyster/o
    uterus
  125. mast/o
    breast
  126. men/o
    menstruation, menses
  127. orchid/o
    testicles
  128. ov/o
    egg, ovum
  129. ovari/o
    ovary
  130. -para
    to give birth
  131. -pexy
    surgical fixation
  132. salping/o
    fallopian tube
  133. test/i
    testicle, testis
  134. vagin/o
    vagina
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Final Prefixes/Suffixes
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unit 3,4,5
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