Medical Word Parts A-Z

Prefixes (68)

Word parts at the front of a term - they set position, number, timing, or degree.

a-without, absence of ab-away from ad-toward, near an-without, not ana-up, back, again, apart ante-before, in front of anti-against, opposing bi-two, double brady-slow circum-around co-together, with con-together, with contra-against, opposite de-down, from, removing dia-through, across, complete dis-apart, separate dys-difficult, painful, abnormal ec-out, outside ecto-outside, outer en-in, within endo-within, inner epi-upon, above, over eu-good, normal, well ex-out, away from exo-outside, outward extra-outside, beyond hemi-half hyper-excessive, above normal hypo-deficient, below normal im-not, without in-in, into; not infra-below, beneath inter-between intra-within iso-equal, same macro-large mal-bad, abnormal mega-large, great meta-change, beyond, after micro-small mono-one, single multi-many neo-new nulli-none oligo-few, scanty pan-all, entire para-beside, near, abnormal peri-around, surrounding poly-many, much post-after, behind pre-before, in front of primi-first pro-before, forward pseudo-false quadri-four re-again, back retro-backward, behind semi-half, partial sub-under, below super-above, excessive supra-above, over sym-together, with syn-together, with tachy-fast, rapid trans-across, through tri-three ultra-beyond, excess uni-one

Roots and combining forms (253)

The core of a term - usually the body part, substance, or structure it refers to.

acous/ohearing acr/oextremity, top adenoid/oadenoid adip/ofat adrenal/oadrenal gland adren/oadrenal gland albin/owhite alveol/oalveolus, air sac andr/omale, man angi/ovessel an/oanus aort/oaorta appendic/oappendix append/oappendix arteri/oartery arthr/ojoint ather/ofatty plaque atri/oatrium audi/ohearing auricul/oear, auricle aur/oear azot/onitrogen, urea balan/oglans penis blephar/oeyelid bronchi/obronchus bronch/obronchus burs/obursa, sac calcane/ocalcaneus, heel bone calc/ocalcium capn/ocarbon dioxide cardi/oheart carp/owrist, carpal bones cerebell/ocerebellum cerebr/ocerebrum, brain cervic/oneck, cervix cholangi/obile duct chol/ebile, gall cholecyst/ogallbladder chondr/ocartilage clavicul/oclavicle, collarbone cochle/ocochlea col/ocolon colon/ocolon colp/ovagina conjunctiv/oconjunctiva corne/ocornea cor/opupil coron/ocrown, heart cost/orib crani/oskull, cranium crin/osecrete cutane/oskin cyan/oblue cyst/obladder, cyst cyt/ocell dacry/otear, tear duct dactyl/ofinger, toe dent/otooth dermat/oskin derm/oskin dipl/odouble duoden/oduodenum embol/oplug, embolus encephal/obrain enter/ointestine epiderm/oepidermis epididym/oepididymis erythem/oredness esophag/oesophagus femor/ofemur, thigh fibul/ofibula galact/omilk gangli/oganglion gastr/ostomach gingiv/ogum gli/oglue, neuroglia glomerul/oglomerulus gloss/otongue gluc/oglucose, sugar glyc/osugar gravid/opregnancy gynec/owoman, female gyn/owoman, female hemat/oblood hem/oblood hepat/oliver hidr/osweat hormon/ohormone humer/ohumerus hypophys/opituitary gland hyster/outerus ile/oileum ili/oilium immun/oimmune, protection insulin/oinsulin intestin/ointestine irid/oiris ir/oiris ischi/oischium jejun/ojejunum kal/ipotassium kerat/okeratin, horny tissue labyrinth/oinner ear, labyrinth lacrim/otear lact/omilk laryng/olarynx, voice box leuk/owhite lex/oword, reading ligament/oligament lingu/otongue lip/ofat, lipid lith/ostone lumb/olower back, lumbar lymphaden/olymph node lymphangi/olymph vessel lymph/olymph mamm/obreast mandibul/omandible, lower jaw mast/obreast mastoid/omastoid process maxill/omaxilla, upper jaw melan/oblack, melanin mening/omeninges men/omenstruation ment/ochin metr/outerus muscul/omuscle myel/ospinal cord, bone marrow my/omuscle myos/omuscle myring/otympanic membrane (eardrum)narc/osleep, stupor nas/onose nat/obirth natr/osodium nephr/okidney neur/onerve noct/inight ocul/oeye odont/otooth olig/ofew, scanty onych/onail oophor/oovary ophthalm/oeye opt/ovision, eye orchid/otestis orchi/otestis orch/otestis or/omouth orth/ostraight, correct oste/obone ot/oear ovari/oovary ov/oegg ox/ooxygen palpebr/oeyelid pancreat/opancreas para-beside, near, abnormal parathyroid/oparathyroid part/olabor, birth patell/opatella, kneecap pector/ochest ped/ofoot pelv/opelvis peritone/operitoneum phac/olens phag/oeat, swallow phak/olens phalang/ophalanges, fingers/toes pharyng/opharynx, throat phleb/ovein pil/ohair pineal/opineal gland pituitar/opituitary gland pleur/opleura, side pneum/olung, air pneumon/olung pod/ofoot proct/orectum, anus prostat/oprostate psych/omind pub/opubis pulmon/olung pupill/opupil pyel/orenal pelvis radicul/onerve root radi/oradius; ray, radiation rect/orectum ren/okidney retin/oretina rhin/onose sacr/osacrum salping/ofallopian tube sanguin/oblood scapul/oscapula, shoulder blade scler/osclera, hard seb/osebum, oil semin/osemen, seed sept/oseptum, partition sial/osaliva, salivary gland sigmoid/osigmoid colon sinus/osinus, cavity somn/osleep spermat/osperm sperm/osperm sphygm/opulse spin/ospine spir/obreathe, breathing splen/ospleen spondyl/overtebra staped/ostapes stern/osternum, breastbone steth/ochest stomat/omouth sudor/osweat synov/osynovial membrane tars/oankle, tarsal bones tendin/otendon ten/otendon tenspressure, stretch test/otestis thalam/othalamus thorac/ochest, thorax thromb/oclot, thrombus thym/othymus thyr/othyroid thyroid/othyroid tibi/otibia, shin tonsill/otonsil trache/otrachea, windpipe trich/ohair trophnourishment, development tympan/oeardrum uln/oulna ungu/onail ureter/oureter urethr/ourethra urin/ourine ur/ourine, urinary tract uter/outerus vagin/ovagina vag/ovagus nerve valvul/ovalve vascul/oblood vessel vas/ovessel, duct ven/ovein ventricul/oventricle vertebr/overtebra vesic/obladder vestibul/ovestibule vitre/ovitreous humor, glassy vulv/ovulva xanth/oyellow

Suffixes (87)

Word parts at the end of a term - they name the condition, procedure, or specialty.

-alpertaining to -algiapain -arpertaining to -arypertaining to -blastimmature cell -celehernia, protrusion -centesissurgical puncture -clasisbreaking -clastcell that breaks down -cytecell -desissurgical fusion -dyniapain -ealpertaining to -ectasisdilation, expansion -ectomysurgical removal -edemaswelling -emiablood condition -esthesiasensation, feeling -formshape, form -genproducing -genesisproduction, formation -genicproducing -gramrecord, image -graphrecording instrument -graphyprocess of recording -iasiscondition, pathological state -iatrymedical treatment -icpertaining to -icalpertaining to -icianspecialist -ismcondition, state -istspecialist -itisinflammation -kinesiamovement -ligationtying, binding -logystudy of -lysisbreakdown, destruction -lyticdestroying -malaciasoftening -megalyenlargement -metermeasuring instrument -metrymeasurement -necrosistissue death -oidresembling -ologistspecialist -ologystudy of -omatumor, mass -opiavision condition -opsyviewing -osisabnormal condition -ostomycreating an opening -otomysurgical incision -ouspertaining to -paresispartial paralysis, weakness -pathydisease, suffering -peniadeficiency -pepsiadigestion -pexysurgical fixation -phagiaeating, swallowing -phasiaspeech -philiaattraction to, affinity for, tendency toward, or abnormal increase in -phobiafear -plasiaformation, growth -plastysurgical repair -plegiaparalysis -pneabreathing -poiesisproduction, formation -ptosisdrooping, falling -rrhagebursting forth -rrhagiaexcessive bleeding -rrhaphysuturing -rrheaflow, discharge -rrhexisrupture -sclerosishardening -scopeinstrument for viewing -scopyvisual examination -spasminvoluntary contraction -stasisstopping, controlling -stenosisnarrowing -stomycreating an opening -therapytreatment -ticpertaining to -tocialabor, birth -tomyincision, cutting -tripsycrushing -trophydevelopment, nourishment -uriaurine condition