Biomedical suffixes and prefixes oo-zym

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Sex

6

Port

Carry

Pino

Drink

Photo

Light

Scop

Look

Phil

Loving, fond of

Por

Opening

Sept

Partition, 7

Pheno

Show

Roto

Wheel

Scribe, script

Write

osis

abnormal condition

Post

after, behind

pan

all

Peri

around

Re

back, again

Spher

ball, round

Phore, pher

bear, carry

Pre

before

par, para

beside, near, equal

smith

bird

Som, somat, some

body

oste

bone

palm

broad, flat

Rhag, rrage

burst forth

Ped

child

orb

circle, round, ring

path, pathy

disease, suffering

Puls

drive, push

oto

ear

oo

egg

ov

egg

opt

eye

opthalm

eye

Pseudo

false, deceptive

Pinni

feather

Prim

first

Proto

first; primary

Pent

five

Quin

five

Platy

flat

Sarc

flesh

Rhe, rrhea

flow

Pod

foot

Plasm, plast

form; formed into

Pro

forward, favoring, before

Quadr

four

Pom

fruit

ous

full of

Semi

half, partly

Scler

hard

Pter

having wings or fins

Pyr

heat, fire

Septic

infection, putrefaction

Ren

kidney

Phyll

leaf

Saur

lizard

Solv

loosen; free

Pulmo

lung

Pneumo

lungs, air

Ply

many, several

Psych

mind

phren

mind, diaphragm

oscu

mouth

Physic

nature; natural qualities

Ret

net; made like a net

Rhin

nose

paleo

old, ancient

orium, ory

place for something

Phyt, phyte

plant

Pleur

pleura, rib, side

Radi

ray

Rubr

red

Phyl

related group

Rect

right, correct

Plan

roaming; wandering

Rhiz

root

Rhodo

rose

Sapr

rotten

Phyc

seaweed, algae

Sperm

seed

Spor

seed

oxy

sharp, acid, oxygen

Somn

sleep, dream

Phon, phone

sound

Son

sound

Schis, schiz

split, divide

Stat, stasis

standing, placed, staying

Sis

state, condition

orth

straight, correct, right

Sacchar

sugar

Sol

sun

pachy

thick

Per

through

Spir, spire

to breathe

Phag

to eat

Sci

to know

Spec, spic

to look at

Permea

to pass, to go

Sess

to sit


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