a-, ab-
away from
a-, an-
without, not
ad-
toward
-algia
pain
ana-
up, back again
ante-
before, in front
anti-, ant-
against
auto-
self
bi-
two
-blast
budding
cardi-
heart
caudal
tail
cephal-
head
chondro-
cartilage
-clast
destroyer, breaker
contra-
opposite
crani-
skull
cyano-
dark blue
cyto-
cell
-dactyl-
finger, toe
deci-
tenth
derm-
skin
dys-
bad, difficult
ecto-
outside of
endo-, ento-
within
erythr-
red
gastr-
stomach
-genic
causing
gyn-, gyneco-
woman
hem-, haem-
blood
hemi-
half
hetero-
different
homo-
same
hyper-
over, excessive
hypo-
under, too little
iatro-
healer, healing
infra-
below
intra-
within
ipsi-
same
iso-
equal
-itis
inflammation
juxta-
near, next to
kilo-
thousand
leuko-, leuco-
white
lipo-
fat
-lysis, -lytic
dissolve
macro-
large
magn-
great, large
mal-
bad, ill
mega-, megalo-
large
melan-
black
micro-
small
milli-
thousandth
mono-
one
multi-
many
myelo-
marrow
myo-
muscle
necro-
dead
neo-
new
non-
not
ocul-
eye
oligo-
few
-ology
study of
onco-
tumor
opthalm-
eye
-osis
condition of
osteo-
bone
pan-
all
par-, para-
beside
patho-
disease
peri-
around
plasm-, plast-
shape, form
pleur-
rib, side
pneumo-
air, breath
poly-
many
post-
after, later, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pseudo-
false
psych-
mind, spirit
re-
again, anew
retro-
backward, behind
-rrhea
flow, gush
schizo-
split
sclero-
hard
semi-
half
sub-
under, below
super-, supra-
above; more than
syn-, sym-
with, together
tachy-
fast
techn-
art, skill
terti-
third
tetra-
four
thermo-
heat
tomo-, -tome
cut
trans-
across
tri-
three
ultra-
beyond
uni-
one