Prefixes
a, an	no, lack of, without
auto	self
ana	up, apart
ab	away from
ad	to, toward, near
ante, pre, pro	before
anti, contra	against
bi	both, two
brady	slow
dia	complete, through
de	lack of
dys	painful, difficult, bad
endo	within, inside
epi	above
ex, exo	out
ec, ecto	out, outside
eu	good, well
hyper	above, excessive
hypo	deficient, low, under
in	in, not, into
inter	between
intra	within
infra	below
macro	large
micro	small
mal	bad
meta	change, beyond
per	through
peri	around
poly	many
post	after
re	back, again
retro	behind
sub	under
tachy	fast
trans	across
ultra	beyond, excess
Word Roots
adeno	gland (organ)
arthro	joint
bio	life
carcino	cancer
cardio	heart
cephalo	head
cerebro, encephalo	brain
ciso	cut
crino	secrete
cysto	bladder
cyto	cell
dermato, cutaneo	skin
entero	small intestine (bowel)
erythro	red
leuko	white
gastro	stomach
geno	producing (formation)
gnoso	knowledge
gyneco	female
neuro	nerve
onco	tumor
ophthalmo	eye
oto	ear
osteo	bone
patho	disease
pedo	child
mento, psycho	mind
rhino, naso	nose
thrombo	clot
uro, urino	urine, urinary tract
abdomino	abdomen
adipo, lipo	fat
chondro	cartilege
cranio	skull
latero	side
musculo, myo myso	muscle
thoraco	chest
spondylo, vertebro, spino, rachio	vertebrae, backbone
angio	vessel
hemo, hemato	blood
hepato	liver
iatro	treatment
nephro, reno	kidney
arterio	artery
hydro	water
myelo	bone marrow
costo	ribs
morpho	shape
glyco, gluco	sugar
mammo, masto	breast
dento	tooth, teeth
nato	birth
spleno	spleen
cholo	bile
phoro	feeling
ero	love (physical)
chezia	defecation, elimination of waste
etio	cause
idio	unknown
facio	face
Suffixes
ac, al, ary, iac, ior, ose, ous	pertaining to
algia, dynia	pain
graphy	process of recording
graph	machine to record
gram	record (tape)
ia, iasis, is, osis, sis	abnormal condition, state of
itis	inflammation
oma	tumor
oid	resembling, like
cyte	cell
scopy	process of viewing, visual examiantion
scope	instrument to view
ectomy	to cut out
otomy	to cut
ostomy	to cut an opening
otome	instrument to cut
ium	structure
ation, ion, ism	process
plasia, plasm, poiesis, trophy	formation, development, growth
plasty	surgical repair
cele	hernia
centesis	surgical puncture
emia	blood condition
genesis	producing, forming
logy	study of
lysis	breakdown, destruction
malacia	softening
megaly	enlargement
penia	deficiency
pathy	disease, feeling
pexy	fixation
ptosis	drooping
ptysis	spitting, coughing up
sclerosis	hardening
stasis	stop, control
therapy	treatment
er, or	one who
ist	one who specializes in
meter, metry	to measure
philia	love, attraction
pnea	breathing
crine	secrete
orrhag/ia/e	bursting forth
orrhea	flow, discharge
orrhaphy	suture, seam, stitch
orrhexis	rupture