Final - Prefixes and Suffixes

a-

away from; without

ad-

toward

an-

not; without

ana-

apart; excessive

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

de-

reversal of; without

dia-

complete; completely through

dys-

abnormal; difficult; painful

endo-

innermost; within

epi-

above; upon

eu-

good; normal

ex-

away from; out

hemi-

one half

hyper-

above; more than normal

hypo-

below; deficient

in-

in; not; within

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal

bad; inadequate

mega-

large

meso-

middle

mid-

middle

para-

abnormal; apart from; beside; two parts of a pair

per-

through; throughout

peri-

around

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

pro-

before

quadri-

four

re-

again and again; backward; unable to

sub-

below; underneath

syn-

together

tachy-

fast

trans-

across; through

tri-

three

dis-

away from

pan-

all

con-

with

retro-

backward; behind

-ac

pertaining to

-ad

in the direction of; towards

-al

pertaining to

-an

pertaining to

-ant

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-ate

composed of; pertaining to

-ated

composed of; pertaining to a condition

-atic

pertaining to

-ation

being; having; process

-ature

system composed of

-blast

immature cell

-cle

small thing

-cyte

cell

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ence

state

-eon

person who performs

-ery

process

-gen

that which produces

-gene

gene

-gram

picture; record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition; state; thing

-ial

pertaining to

-iasis

process; state

-iatry

medical treatment

-ic

pertaining to

-ician

skilled expert; skilled professional

-ics

knowledge; practice

-ile

pertaining to

-in

substance

-ine

pertaining to; thing pertaining to

-ion

action; condition

-ior

pertaining to

-ious

pertaining to

-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

-ist

person who specializes in; thing that specializes in

-form

having the form of

-istry

process related to a specialty

-itis

infection of; inflammation of

-ity

condition; state

-ive

pertaining to

-logy

study of

-lyte

dissolved substance

-megaly

enlargement

-ment

action; state

-metry

process of measuring

-oid

resembling

-ole

small thing

-oma

mass; tumor

-or

person who produces; thing that produces

-ory

having the function of

-ose

full of

-osis

condition; process

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-phage

thing that eats

-pharynx

pharynx; throat

-phil

attraction to; fondness for

-plasm

growth; formed substance

-poiesis

process of formation

-poietin

substance that forms

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

-some

body

-stasis

standing still; staying in one place

-stomy

surgically created opening

-therapy

treatment

-tic

pertaining to

-tion

being; having; process

-tome

area with distinct edges; instrument used to cut

-tomy

process of cutting; process of making an incision

-ty

quality; state

-ual

pertaining to

-ula

small thing

-ule

small thing