chap 1 med term suffixes/prefixes

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out; removal; excision

-emia

blood condition

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

condition, process

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

abnormal condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visual examination

-sis

state of

-tomy

process of cutting into

a-, an-

no, not

aut-

self

dia-

complete

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within

exo-

outside

hyper-

excessive, more than normal, too much

hypo-

below, less than normal, under

peri-

surrounding

pro-

before, forward

re-

back

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under

trans-

across, through