Pathology prefixes

a

without or not

acro

extremity

adeno

gland

an

without

ante

before

anti

against

arthro

joint

auto

self

bio

life

chol

bile

cyst

bladder

dia

through

dys

difficult

en

in

endo

within

entero

intestine

epi

upon

ex

out of

hem, hemo

blood

hetero

dissimilar

homeo

similar

hydro

water

hyper

above or excess

hyster

uterus

infra

below

inter

between

intra

within

leuko

white

macro

large

mal

bad

mast

breast

mega

great

melan

thick

men

month

micro

small

myo

muscle

myx

mucus

necro

death

neo

new

nephr

kidney

oligo

few

osteo

bone

peri

around

phago

to eat

phleb

vein

polio

gray

Poly

many, excess

post

after

pro

before

pseudo

false

pyo

pus

syn

together with

xantho

yellow