Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefix = super /sur
Prefix Meaning = above, upon
Prefix = trans
Prefix Meaning = across, beyond
Prefix = anti
Prefix Meaning = against
Prefix = contra
Prefix Meaning = against
Prefix = omni
Prefix Meaning = all
Prefix = zo
Prefix Meaning = animal
Prefix = dis /dif
Prefix Meaning = apart from, deprive
Prefix = tele
Prefix Meaning = at a distance
Prefix = ab
Prefix Meaning = away from
Prefix = retro
Prefix Meaning = backward, back
Prefix = ante
Prefix Meaning = before
Prefix = pre
Prefix Meaning = before
Prefix = ventr
Prefix Meaning = belly
Prefix = hypo
Prefix Meaning = below, under, less
Prefix = inter
Prefix Meaning = between
Prefix = oss /ost
Prefix Meaning = bone
Prefix = encephal
Prefix Meaning = brain
Prefix = rupt
Prefix Meaning = break, burst
Prefix = cyt
Prefix Meaning = cell
Prefix = meta
Prefix Meaning = change
Prefix = chrom
Prefix Meaning = color
Prefix = hetero
Prefix Meaning = different
Prefix = geo
Prefix Meaning = earth
Prefix = phag
Prefix Meaning = eat
Prefix = oculo
Prefix Meaning = eye
Prefix = opthal
Prefix Meaning = eye
Prefix = pseudo
Prefix Meaning = fake, false
Prefix = adipo
Prefix Meaning = fat
Prefix = prot /proto
Prefix Meaning = first
Prefix = ichty
Prefix Meaning = fish
Prefix = morph
Prefix Meaning = form
Prefix = plasm
Prefix Meaning = form
Prefix = immunis
Prefix Meaning = free
Prefix = de
Prefix Meaning = from, away
Prefix = chlor
Prefix Meaning = green
Prefix = cephalo
Prefix Meaning = head
Prefix = cran
Prefix Meaning = head
Prefix = audi
Prefix Meaning = hear, sound
Prefix = card
Prefix Meaning = heart
Prefix = coel
Prefix Meaning = hollow
Prefix = anthropo
Prefix Meaning = humans
Prefix = en
Prefix Meaning = in
Prefix = arthro
Prefix Meaning = jointed
Prefix = macro
Prefix Meaning = large
Prefix = bio
Prefix Meaning = life, living
Prefix = photo
Prefix Meaning = light
Prefix = hepato
Prefix Meaning = liver
Prefix = pneumo
Prefix Meaning = lungs
Prefix = andr
Prefix Meaning = male
Prefix = multi
Prefix Meaning = many
Prefix = carn
Prefix Meaning = meat
Prefix = luna
Prefix Meaning = moon
Prefix = glottis
Prefix Meaning = mouth of windpipe
Prefix = neur
Prefix Meaning = nerve
Prefix = neo
Prefix Meaning = new
Prefix = non
Prefix Meaning = not
Prefix = amphi /amp
Prefix Meaning = of both kinds
Prefix = epi
Prefix Meaning = on, above
Prefix = uni
Prefix Meaning = one
Prefix = gene
Prefix Meaning = origin, birth
Prefix = e /ef /ex
Prefix Meaning = out, out of, from
Prefix = ect
Prefix Meaning = outside
Prefix = extra
Prefix Meaning = outside, beyond
Prefix = hyper
Prefix Meaning = over, above
Prefix = homo
Prefix Meaning = same, alike
Prefix = auto
Prefix Meaning = self
Prefix = mono
Prefix Meaning = single
Prefix = derm
Prefix Meaning = skin
Prefix = micro
Prefix Meaning = small
Prefix = olf
Prefix Meaning = smell
Prefix = echin
Prefix Meaning = spiny
Prefix = aster
Prefix Meaning = star
Prefix = gastro
Prefix Meaning = stomach
Prefix = lith
Prefix Meaning = stone
Prefix = cell
Prefix Meaning = storeroom
Prefix = therm
Prefix Meaning = temperature
Prefix = deca
Prefix Meaning = ten
Prefix = tri
Prefix Meaning = three
Prefix = dia
Prefix Meaning = through, across
Prefix = chron
Prefix Meaning = time
Prefix = den
Prefix Meaning = tooth
Prefix = odont
Prefix Meaning = tooth
Prefix = arbor
Prefix Meaning = tree
Prefix = rota
Prefix Meaning = turn, wheel
Prefix = trop
Prefix Meaning = turning
Prefix = di
Prefix Meaning = two, double
Prefix = bi
Prefix Meaning = two, twice
Prefix = gymno
Prefix Meaning = uncovered
Prefix = sub
Prefix Meaning = under, beneath
Prefix = angio
Prefix Meaning = vessel (blood)
Prefix = aqua
Prefix Meaning = water
Prefix = hydro
Prefix Meaning = water
Prefix = alb
Prefix Meaning = white
Prefix = leuc
Prefix Meaning = white
Prefix = bronch
Prefix Meaning = windpipe (lungs)
Prefix = hiber
Prefix Meaning = winter
Prefix = com /con /co
Prefix Meaning = with, together
Prefix = intra
Prefix Meaning = within, during, inside
Prefix = a
Prefix Meaning = without, lacking
Suffix = able/ ible
Suffix Meaning = able to, capable of
