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SUFFIX
ROOT
PREFIX
MEANING
- asthen
weakness (a - neg.
and sthen-strength)
Neurasthenia:
Nervous prostration
- emia
blood
- itis
inflammation
- oma
tumour
- osis
a condition, usually
morbid also
indicates an
increase
- path
- pathy
disease, suffering
- phobia
persistent,
abnormal fear
- ptosis
downward
displacement,
falling
- rrhexis
rupture
- tropho
growth
- tropic
turning, changing
- centesis
puncture or tapping
- desis
binding or fixation
- ectomy
excision; a cutting
out
- ostomy
making an opening
into (os-mouth)
- otomy
incision into
- oscopy
inspection,
examination
- pexy
fixation, suspension
- plasty
- algia
pain
- odynia
pain
- genic
producing
- lysis
breaking down;
dissolution
- oid
like
- penia
deficiency, decrease
- rhea
flow or discharge
- rrhagia
excessive flow
ROOTS
aden -
gland
angio -
vessel
arthr -
joint
blephar -
eyelid
bucca -
cheek
cardi -
heart
cerebro -
brain
cervi -
neck
chole
bile
cost -
rib
crani -
skull
cysto -
bladder; sac
cyt -
cell
cut -
skin
dacry -
tear
denti -
tooth
Dentalgia: Toothache
derma -
skin
encephal-
brain
enter -
intestine
gastr -
stomach
gloss -
tongue
hem -
blood
hepat -
liver
hyster -
uterus
gingiv -
gums
laryng -
larynx
lip -
fat
lith -
stone
myel -
myo -
muscle
myring -
ear drum
(membrana tympani)
nephr -
kidney
neuro -
nerve
ophthalm
-
eye
opt -
vision or sight
os (or -)
mouth
ot -
ear
osteo -
bone
palpebr -
eyelid
pharyng -
throat
phleb -
vein
phren -
- pnea
breathing
pneumo -
pulmo -
lung
pyel -
pelvis (of the kidney) Pyelonephritis: Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis
pyo -
pus
rhin -
nose
salping -
tube
stomo -
mouth; opening
thoraco -
chest
trache -
neck
viscer -
organ (especially
abdominal)
a, an
without; not
ab -
ad -
near; toward
ana -
upward; bacward;
again; excessive
ante -
before (time or
place)
anti -
against
brady -
slow
co -, con -
together, with
contra -
against; opposite
dys -
difficult, painful,
bad
ecto -
outside
endo -
within
epi -
on, upon
erythro -
red
ex -
hyper -
above, excessive
hypo -
beneath, deficient
hemi -
half
infra -
below
inter -
between
intra -
within
leuko leuco -
white
mega megalo -
neo -
new
necro -
relating to a dead
body
oligo -
scanty; few
ortho -
straight; normal;
correct
para -
beside; around;
near; abnormal
patho -
relating to disease
peri -
around
pro -
retro -
backward; behind
sub -
under; beneath
supra super -
above, beyond;
superior
syn sym -
with, together,
beside
tachy -
rapid, swift
trans -
across, over