Greek and Latin Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

Prefix, Suffix, or Root Word a-, anababdomin/o adaden/o adip/o afaeroagglutin/o algesi-, algesio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algia, -algic, -algy alloalviol/o amyl/o andr/o angioante-, anter/o anti aqua, aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o areol/o arrect/o arter/o, arteri/o arthro articulo -ase aspir/o, aspirat/o asthmat/o astr/o athero aud-, audi/o, audit/o, aur/i,aur/o aut/o axill/o bi-, bisbioblast/o, -blast

Meaning

Example atrophy, abiogenesis abnormal, abduct abdominoplasty adduct, adhesion, adrenal adenoids adipose, adipocyte afferent aerobic, anaerobic agglutinate analgesic, fibromyalgia allograft alveolus amylase androgen angiogram, angioplasty anterior anti-inflammatory, antihistamine aqueous areola arrector pili arterial, arteriosclerosis arthritis articulate, articulation sucrase, lactase, amylase aspirate asthma astrocytes atherosclerosis auricle, auditory autoimmune, autograft axilla bilateral, bicuspid biology, biogenesis osteoblast, blastula

A
no, not, without away from, negative, absent abdomen toward, to, in direction of gland, glandular tissue fat to, toward air clumping, stick together pain, suffering other, different air sac, small sac starch relationship to the male blood vessel before, in front of against water little open space, small area upright, lifted up, raised of or pertaining to artery joint joint enzyme to breathe in gasping, choking star, star-shaped plaque, fatty substance ear, hearing self armpit

B
twice, double, two life, living bud, germ, embryonic, immature

brachi/o, -brachial bradybronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o bucc/o burs/o -calyx canalicul/o capill-, capillacapit/o carcin/o cardia, cardi/o, card/o carp/o caud/o cec/o -cele -centesis cephal/o, -ceps cerebr/o cervic/o chondr/o chrom/o -cide circa, circum cirrh/o -clasis, -clast co-, concorn-, corne-, cornicoron/o corp/u, corpor/o cost/o cox/o crani/o crin/o, -crine -cutane, cutaneo cubit/o, -cubital cyan/o cyst-, -cyst cyt/o, -cyte -dactyl

arm slow windpipe of or pertaining to the cheek sac of fluid near joint

brachial artery, antebrachium bradycardia bronchitis, bronchi buccinator bursitis, bursa glycocalyx canaliculus capillary capitulum carcinogenic, carcinoma cardiac, cardiovascular, cardiology carpus, carpals caudal cecum hydrocele amniocentesis cephalad, hydrocephalic, bicep cerebrum, cerebral cervix, cervical chondrocyte chromatin, chromosomes bactericide, spermicide circumcise, circumflex artery cirrhosis osteoclast coenzyme, cofactor, congenital stratum corneum coronal suture corpus luteum, corpuscles costal, intercostal coxa cranium endocrine cutaneous cubital, antecubital cyanotic cyst, blastocyst cytology, leukocyte polydactyly

C
covering little canal or duct hair, hairlike head cancer heart wrist bones tail, lower part of body blind tumor, swelling, pouch puncture, aspiration of head brain neck cartilage color kill, killing around, about orange-yellow, tawny break down with, together horn, horny, beak, claw crown, garland body rib hip, hip joint skull secrete skin elbow, forearm, ulna blue bladder, bag cell

D
finger

dederma-, dermis, dermat/o, derm/o desm, desmo dididia-dont dors/o, dors/i -duct dyse-, ex-, exoecto-ectomy ef-emia en-, end-, endoenteroepiepisi/o erythr/o -esthetic euextrafemor/o -ferent fibr/o forefossa galact/o gam, gamo, gamet/o gaster-, gastr-, gastr/o -genic, -genesis gingivgluco-

away from, remove, off, without skin tie, a bond twice, double, twofold take apart, separate through, between, apart tooth back opening, vessel, tube, to lead/draws bad, difficult, painful

dehydrate dermal, ectoderm, dermatologist desmosome disaccharide dissect diaphragm odontoid process dorsal oviduct, abduct, adduct dysfunctional, dystrophy excise, excrete, exocrine, exotoxin ectoderm, ectopic appendectomy, hysterectomy efferent anemia, leukemia endoderm, encephalitis dysentery, gastroenterologist epithelium, epidermis episiotomy erythema, erythrocyte anesthetic eukaryote extracellular femur efferent, afferent fibroblast forearm, foreskin, forehead olecranon fossa galactose gamete gastric, gastrointestinal, gastritis carcinogenic, biogenesis gingivitis glucose

E
out, outer, out of, from, external out, outside surgcial removal, cutting out, excision out, away from blood, blood condition in, within, inside, internal intestine over, above, on, upon loins, pubic area, vulva red sensation, feeling true, good, well, new on the outside, beyond, outside thigh bone carrying fiber before, in front of hollow, depressed area

G
milk marriage, sexual, joined stomach, belly origin, birth, creation gum sweet

glute/o glyc/o, glycos/o gracil/o -gram gyn-, gyno-, gynec-, gynecohem/o, hema, hemat/o hemihepat/o hist/o, histi/o holohom/o, homos home/o hydr/o, hydrahyperhypohyster/o iminfrainguin/o interintraiso-itis

buttocks sugar, sweet slender record, picture woman

gluteal, gluteus maximus glycogen, hyperglycemia, glycocalyx gracilis angiogram gynecology hemorrhage, hemoglobin hemisphere hepatic vein, hepatitis histology holocrine homogenous homeostasis hydrolysis, dehydration hyperglycemia, hypertonic hypoglycemia, hypotonic hysterectomy impermeable, impregnate infraorbital inguinal canal intercellular, interstitial intracellular, intravenous, intramuscular isotonic, isometric, isograft bronchitis, arthritis

!
blood, relating to the blood half liver tissue all same, alike same, unchanging, constant water excessive, above, beyond below, under, decreased uterus

"
not, in, into, inward, to cause below, beneath groin between, among inside, within equal, same disease, inflammation

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kary/o kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia kypholabiolacrim/o lact/i, lact/o -lemma leuk/o lip/o -logy nucleus, nut, kernel movement bent, humped karyotype, eukaryote cytokinesis, kinesiology kyphosis labium lacrimal bone, lacrimal duct lactose, lactate, lactase sarcolemma leukocyte, leukemia lipid, liposuction, lipoma cytology, histology, hematology

L
lip of or relating to tear milk sheath, covering, envelope white fat study

lys, lyse, -lysis

breakdown, rupture, destruction, cytolysis, hydrolysis, lysosome separation

M
macromal-malacia mamm/o mastmelan/o mening/o, meningi/o -mer mes-, mesomicr/o, micromonomorph/o muc/o, mucos/o multimy/o, myos/o myel/o narc/o necr/o, -necrosis nephr-, nephra-, nephronerv/o, neur/i, neur/o nuc-, nucle-, nucleoobliqu/o occipit/o ocul/o odont/o olecran/o -ology -oma onc/o o/o,oo/o ophthalm/o opt-, opto-, optic-, opticoor/o ortholarge, abnormal size or length, long abnormal, bad, inadequate soft, softening of or pertaining to breast of or pertaining to breast dark, black color membrane part middle small one, single shape, form, structure mucus many, much muscle bone marrow macromolecule, macrophage malnutrition osteomalacia mammary, mammogram mastectomy melanin, melanoma meningitis polymer, monomer mesoderm microscope monomer, monosaccharide morphology mucosa, mucous membrane, mucus multinucleate myocardium myeloblast narcotic necrosis, necrotizing fasciitis nephritis, nephrology neuron, neurology nucleus, nucleoplasm oblique occipital bone ocular, binocular odontoid process olecranon process physiology, cardiology carcinoma, sarcoma oncogene, oncology oocyte, oogenesis ophthalmology optic nerve oral, oropharynx orthopedic

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numb, sleep of or pertaining to death/dead things kidney nerve, nerve tissue nut, kernel

&
slanted back of the skull eye tooth elbow science or study of tumor tumor beginning, egg eye, vision eye, vision mouth, oral cavity direct, straight

osmooss/e, oss/i, oste/o, osst/o ot/o ov/i, ov/o pall/o, pallid/o parapath-, -pathy pector/o -ped, -pede, ped/o, pedia, pedis, pes, pod pedi/a -penia peri-phaga, -phage, -phagia, phagophil, -phile, -philia, -philic, philophleb/o phob/o, -phobia, -phobic physi/o -plasia, plasm-, plasmo-, plast/o -plasty -plegia pleurapneum/o pod-, podo-poiesis polypostpropreproct/o proxim/o pterygopulmon-, pulmopylor-, pyloro quadr/i, quadr/o ren/i, ren/o reti-, reticul- , reticul/o

push bone ear, hearing egg

osmosis, osmotic pressure osteon, osteocyte, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis otitis, otic ovary, ovum, oviduct pallor parasagittal pathogen, osteopathy pectoralis major bipedal, podiatrist pediatrician osteopenia pericardium macrophage, phagocyte hydrophilic phlebitis, phlebotomist hydrophobic physiology plasma, cytoplasm rhinoplasty quadriplegic, paraplegic pleural cavity pneumonia podiatrist hematopoiesis polymer, polysaccharide posterior, postoperative prothrombin precancerous, prenatal proctology proximal pterygoid process pulmonary pyloric valve quadriceps, quadriplegic renal endoplasmic reticulum,

P
pale, lacking color beside, near disease chest foot child deficient surrounding, around to eat, devour love, attract vein abnormal fear body function anything formed or molded reconstruction paralysis rib, side lungs foot production, formation, to make many after, behind before, foreward before, in front of anus, rectum near wing lung gatekeeper

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four

R
kidney network

-rrhage, -rrhagia -rrhea rug/o sacchar/o sarc/o scler/o, -sclerosis scoli/o -scope scrot/o sell/o semisemin/i seps/o, sept/i, sept/o som-, soma-, somat/o, -some sperm-, sperma, spermi, spermo, spermato -stasia, -stasis, -static sten/o stethstomat/o -stomosis, -stomy styl/o subsulc/o super-, super/o, supra sym-, syntach-, tacho-, tachytars-, tarso-, -tarsal tel-, tele-, telotetan/o therm/o, -thermia thorac/o, -thorax thromb/o -tibial -tomy

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge abnormal flow, discharge wrinkle, fold

reticular, hemorrhage, hemorrhagic diarrhea rugae polysaccharide sarcoma, sarcomere atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis scoliosis stethoscope, microscope scrotum sella turcica semilunar valve seminal vesicle sepsis, septic, septum chromosome, lysosome spermatid, spermatogenesis homeostasis stenosis stethoscope stoma colostomy styloid process subcutaneous lacrimal sulcus superior, suprarenal, supraorbital bilateral symmetry, synapse tachycardia tarsus, metatarsal telomere, telophase tetanus hypothermia, endothermic pneumothorax, thoracic cavity thrombus, thrombosis tibia lobotomy, episiotomy

S
sugar flesh, muscular, connective tissue hard, hardening curved, bent instrument for viewing bag, pouch saddle half seed, sperm infection, separate body seed control, maintenance of constant level narrowing, contracted chest mouth surgical opening, new opening pillar, point, pen under, below, less, smaller than furrow, groove above, excessive, higher than with, together, united

(
fast, rapid foot end, completion rigid, tense heat chest blood clot shinbone cutting, sharp

-ton tox/o, toxic/o, -toxin trabecul/o trache-, tracheatranstritroph/o, -trophic, -trophy

tension, to stretch poison, poisonous little beam throat, neck, windpipe across, through three development, nourishment, to feed or eat, food

hypotonic, hypertonic, isotonic toxic, toxemia trabeculae trachea transverse, transfusion tricuspid hypertrophy, hypotrophy, dystrophy ulna umbilical cord uninucleate uterus vagina vasoconstriction venous, intravenous ventral vesicle villi viscera, visceral viscous vitreous humor vulva

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uln-, ulnoumbilic/o uniuter/o vaginvasoven/o, veniventr/o, ventrivesiculvillviscer/o viscos/o vitre-, vitreovulv/o forearm navel one womb

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sheath, scabbard duct, blood vessel vein in front, belly side small bladder, blister shaggy hair internal organ sticky glassy, clear covering

W +
xenoxiphi-, xiphoforeign, different sword xenograft xiphoid process

, zygot/o joined together zygote