a-
without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward, near
-algia
pain
ambulo
to walk
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
arthro
joint
-atresia
closure, occlusion
blast/o
early embryonic stage, immature
brady-
slow
cardio
heart
cathar
cleansing, purging
caud/o
tail
-centesis
surgical puncture of a cavity
cephal/o
head
chondro/o
cartilage
contra-
against, opposite
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
epi-
above, cover, upon
ex
out, away from
extra-
outside
gastr/o
stomach
-gram
written record
-graph
writing
-gravida
pregnant woman
hepato-
liver
hygr/o
moisture
hypo-
under, deficient, below
infra-
below, beneath
inter-
between
intra-
within
ipsi-
same
is/o
equal
lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal duct
lapar/
abdomen, abdominal wall
-lepsy
seizure
listhesis
slipping
-lith/o
stone, calculus
-logy
study of
-lysis
dissolution, breakdown
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
nulli-
none
ocul/o
eye
olfact/o
smell
-oma
tumor, mass
oste/o
bone
para-
alongside, near, beyond, abnormal
-parous
to bear, bring forth
-paresis
partial paralysis
path/o
disease
-phagia
ingestion
-plasm
plasma, formative substance
-plasty
surgical correction/repair
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breath, breathing
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pseudo-
false
retract/o
drawing back
rhin/o
nose
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-sect
to cut
semi-
half
sinus/o
sinus
somat/o
body
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-stalsis
contraction
-stenosis
constricted
super-
above, beyond
tachy-
fast
techn/o
skill, art
tele/o
perfect, complete
tom/o
a cutting (section/layer)
-tomy
surgical incision
ventr/o
belly, front of the body