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This document provides definitions for common prefixes, suffixes, and roots of medical and scientific terminology. It lists prefixes, suffixes, and roots alphabetically and provides a brief meaning for each one to aid in deciphering word origins and meanings. Some examples included are prefixes like "a-", "ab-", "anti-", and "inter-" and suffixes like "-able", "-ion", "-itis", and "-ology".
This document provides definitions for common prefixes, suffixes, and roots of medical and scientific terminology. It lists prefixes, suffixes, and roots alphabetically and provides a brief meaning for each one to aid in deciphering word origins and meanings. Some examples included are prefixes like "a-", "ab-", "anti-", and "inter-" and suffixes like "-able", "-ion", "-itis", and "-ology".
This document provides definitions for common prefixes, suffixes, and roots of medical and scientific terminology. It lists prefixes, suffixes, and roots alphabetically and provides a brief meaning for each one to aid in deciphering word origins and meanings. Some examples included are prefixes like "a-", "ab-", "anti-", and "inter-" and suffixes like "-able", "-ion", "-itis", and "-ology".
an, ap, as, at to, toward, near, in addition to, by
a-, an- not, without
ab, abs away from, of -able, -ible Adjective: worth, ability acer, acid, acri bitter, sour, sharp act, ag do, act, drive acu sharp -acy, -cy Noun: state or quality -ade act, product, sweet drink aer, aero air, atmosphere, aviation
ag, agi, ig, act do, move, go
-age Noun: activity, or result of action agri, agro pertaining to fields or soil -al Noun: action, result of action -al, -ial, -ical Adjective: quality, relation alb, albo white, without pigment ali, allo, alter other alt high, deep am, ami, amor love, like, liking ambi both ambul to walk -an Noun: person ana, ano up, back, again, anew -ance, -ence Noun: action, state, quality or process -ancy, -ency Noun: state, quality or capacity andr, andro male, characteristics of men ang angular anim mind, life, spirit, anger ann, annu, enni yearly Noun: an agent, something that performs the -ant, -ent action -ant, -ent, -ient Adjective: kind of agent, indication
ante before anthrop man
anti, ant against, opposite
anti, antico old apo, ap, aph away from, detached, formed aqu water -ar, -ary Adjective: resembling, related to
arch chief, first, rule
-ard, -art Noun: characterized aster, astr star -ate Noun: state, office, fuction -ate Verb: cause to be -ate Adjective: kind of state -ation Noun: action, resulting state auc, aug, aut to originate, to increase aud, audi, aur, aus to hear, listen
aug, auc increase
aut, auto self
bar weight, pressure on, around, over, about, excessively, make, cause, be name, afect belli war bene good, well, gentle bi, bine two bibl, bibli, biblio book bio, bi life brev short cad, cap, cas, ceiv, cept, capt, cid, cip to take, to seize, to hold cad, cas to fall -cade procession calor heat capit, capt head carn flesh cat, cata, cath down, with caus, caut burn, heat cause, cuse, cus cause, motive ceas, ced, cede, ceed, cess to go, to yield, move, go, surrender cent hundred centr, centri center chrom color chron time cide, cis, cise to kill, to cut, cut down circum around cit call, start civ citizen clam, claim cry out clin lean, bend clud, clus claus to close, shut co, cog, col, coll, con, com, cor with, together cogn, gnos to know com, con fully contr, contra, counter against, opposite cord, cor, cardi heart corp body cort correct cosm universe, world cour, cur, curr, curs run, course crat, cracy rule cre, cresc, cret, crease grow crea create cred believe cresc, cret, crease, cru rise, grow crit separate, choose cur, curs run cura care cycl, cyclo wheel, circle, circular from, down, away, to do the opposite, reverse, de- against dec, deca ten, ten times dec, dign suitable dei, div God dem, demo people, populace, population dent, dont tooth derm skin, covering di-, dy- two, twice, double dia through, across, between dic, dict, dit say, speak not, opposite of, reverse, separate, deprive of, dis, dif away dit give doc, doct teach, prove domin master, that which is under control don give dorm sleep dox thought, opinion, praise -drome run, step duc, duct to lead, pull dura hard, lasting dynam power dys- bad, abnormal, difficult, impaired, unfavorable not, missing, out, fully, away, computer network e- related ec- out of, outside household, environment, relating to ecology or eco- economy ecto- outside, external -ed Verb: past tense -ed Adjective: having the quality or characteristics of -en Verb: to cause to become -en Adjective: material en-, em- put into, make, provide with, surround with -ence, -ency Noun: action or process, quality or state end- inside, within epi- upon, close to, over, after, altered equi- equal -er, -ier Adjective: comparative -er, -or Noun: person or thing that does something -er, -or Verb: action erg work, efect collective qualities, art, practice, trade, collection, -ery state, condition Noun: plural of most nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -es, -ies -o and -z and some in -f and -y Verb: third person singular present indicative of -es, -ies verbs that end in -ch, -s, -sh, - and some in -y -ess female -est, -iest Adjective or Adverb: superlative ev-, et- time, age ex- out of, away from, lacking, former exter-, extra-, extro- outside of, beyond fa, fess speak fac, fact, fec, fect, fic, fas, fea do, make fall, fals deceive femto quadrillionth fer bear, carry fic, feign, fain, fit, feat shape, make, fashion fid belief, faith fid, fide, feder faith, trust fig shape, form fila, fili thread fin end, ended, finished fix repair, attach flex, flect bend flict strike flu, fluc, fluv, flux flow -fold Adverb: in a manner of, marked by for, fore before forc, fort strength, strong form shape, resemble fract, frag, frai break fuge flee -ful Noun: an amount or quanity that fills -ful Adjective: having, giving, marked by fuse pour -fy make, form into gam marriage gastr, gastro stomach gen kind gen birth, race, produce geo earth germ vital part gest carry, bear giga billion gin careful gloss, glot tongue glu, glo lump, bond, glue gor to gather, to bring together grad, gress, gree to gather, to bring together, step, go graph, gram, graf write, written, draw grat pleasing grav heavy, weighty greg herd hale, heal make whole, sound helio sun hema, hemo blood her, here, hes stick hetero other, diferent hex, ses, sex six homo same hum, human earth, ground, man hydr, hydra, hydro water hyper over, above hypn sleep -ia Noun: names, diseases -ian, an Noun: related to, one that is -iatry Noun: art of healing -ic Adjective: quality, relation -ic, ics Noun: related to the arts and sciences -ice Noun: act -ify Verb: cause ignis fire -ile Adjective: having the qualities of in, im into, on, near, towards in, im, il, ir not infra beneath Noun: material made for, activity, result of an -ing activity -ing Verb: present participle -ing Adjective: activity inter between, among intra within, during, between layers, underneath intro into, within, inward -ion Noun: condition or action -ish Adjective: having the character of -ism Noun: doctrine, belief, action or conduct -ist Noun: person or member -ite Noun: state or quality -ity, ty Noun: state or quality -ive Noun: condition -ive, -ative, -itive Adjective: having the quality of -ize Verb: cause jac, ject throw join, junct join judice judge jug, junct, just to join juven young labor work lau, lav, lot, lut wash lect, leg, lig choose, gather, select, read leg law -less Adjective: without, missing levi light lex, leag, leg law liber, liver free lide strike liter letters loc, loco place, area log, logo, ology word, study, say, speech, reason, study loqu, locut talk, speak luc, lum, lun, lus, lust light lude play -ly Adverb: in the manner of macr-, macer lean magn great main strength, foremost mal bad, badly man, manu hand, make, do mand command mania madness mar, mari, mer sea, pool matri mother medi half, middle, between, halfway mega great, million mem recall, remember ment mind -ment Noun: condition or result meso middle meta beyond, change meter measure metr admeasure, apportion micro small, millionth migra wander mill, kilo thousand milli thousandth min little, small mis wrong, bad, badly mit, miss send mob, mov, mot move mon warn, remind mono one mor, mort mortal, death morph shape, form multi many, much nano billionth nasc, nat, gnant, nai to be born nat, nasc to be from, to spring forth neo new -ness Noun: state, condition, quality neur nerve nom law, order nom, nym name nomen, nomin name non nine non not nov new nox, noc night numer number numisma coin ob, oc, of, op toward, against, in the way oct eight oligo few, little omni all, every onym name oper work -or Noun: condition or activity ortho straight, correct -ory Noun: place for, serves for -ous, -eous, -ose, -ious Adjective: having the quality of, relating to over excessive, above pac peace pair, pare arrange, assemblage, two paleo old pan all para beside pat, pass, path feel, sufer pater, patr father path, pathy feeling, sufering ped, pod foot pedo child pel, puls drive, push, urge pend, pens, pond hang, weigh per through, intensive peri around phage eat phan, phas, phen, fan, phant, fant show, make visible phe speak phil love phlegma inflammation phobia, phobos fear phon sound phot, photo light pico trillionth pict paint, show, draw plac, plais please pli, ply fold plore cry out, wail plu, plur, plus more pneuma, pneumon breath pod foot, feet poli city poly many pon, pos, pound place, put pop people port carry portion part, share post after, behind pot power pre, pur before prehendere seize, grasp prin, prim, prime first pro for, foward proto first psych mind, soul punct point, dot pute think quat, quad four quint, penta five quip ship quir, quis, quest, quer seek, ask re back, again reg, recti straighten retro backwards ri, ridi, risi laughter rog, roga ask rupt break sacr, sanc, secr sacred salv, salu safe, healthy sanct holy sat, satis enough sci, scio, scientia know scope see, watch scrib, script write se apart, move away from sect, sec cut sed, sess, sid sit semi half, partial sen, scen old, grow old sent, sens feel, think sept seven sequ, secu, sue follow serv save, serve, keep -ship Noun: status, condition sign, signi sign, mark, seal simil, simul like, resembling sist, sta, stit stand, withstand, make up soci to join, companions sol, solus alone solv, solu, solut loosen, explain somn sleep soph wise spec, spect, spi, spic look, see sper render favorable sphere ball, sphere stand, spir stant, stab, breath stat, stan, sti, sta, st, stead stand -ster person strain, strict, string, stige bind, pull, draw tight stru, struct, stroy, stry build sub, suc, suf, sup, sur, sus under, below, from, secretly, instead of sume, sump take, use, waste super, supra over, above syn, sym together, at the same time tact, tang, tag, tig, ting touch tain, ten, tent, tin hold, keep, have tect, teg cover tele distance, far, from afar tem, tempo time ten, tin, tain hold tend, tent, tens stretch, strain tera trillion term end, boundary, limit terr, terra earth test to bear witness the, theo God, a god therm heat thesis, thet place, put tire draw, pull tom cut tor, tors, tort twist tox poison tract, tra, trai, treat drag, draw, pull trans across, beyond, change tri three trib pay, bestow tribute give turbo disturb typ print ultima last umber, umbraticum shadow un not, against, opposite uni one -ure Noun: act, condition, process, function vac empty vade go vale, vali, valu strength, worth veh, vect to carry ven, vent come ver, veri 1 verb, verv word vert, vers turn, change vi way vic, vicis change, substitute vict, vinc conquer vid, vis see viv, vita, vivi alive, life voc, voke call vol will volcan fire volv, volt, vol turn about, roll vor eat greedily -ward Adverb: in a direction or manner -wise Adverb: in the manner of, with regard to with against -y Noun: state, condition, result of an activity -y Adjective: marked by, having zo animal Examples