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Anatomy & Physiology Medical Prefixes and Suffixes

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  • dors-

    back (dorsal)

  • dur-

    hard (dura mater)

  • ecto-

    outside (ectopic pregnancy)

  • -ectomy

    excision or surgical removal (appendectomy, hysterectomy)

  • embol-

    stopper (embolism)

  • -emia

    blood condition, something in the blood (hypercholesterolemia)

  • encephal-

    brain (encephalitis, encephalogram)

  • endo-

    within (endoplasmic reticulum, endoderm)

  • enter-

    intestines (enterococcal infection)

  • epi-

    upon (epithelial tissue, epicardium, epidermal)

  • erythr-

    red (erythrocyte)

  • exo-

    outside (exocrine gland, exoskeleton)

  • extra-

    outside (extracellular)

  • fiss-

    split (fissure)

  • flex-

    bend (flexors)

  • fol-

    leaf (folate, folic acid)

  • gangli-

    a swelling (ganglion)

  • gastr-

    stomach (gastric gland, gastroscopy)

  • -gen

    substances that produce or cause (carcinogen, antigen)

  • -genic

    producing or causing (carcinogenic)

  • germ-

    to bud or sprout (germinal epithelium)

  • gest-

    carry (gestational)

  • -glia

    glue (neuroglia)

  • glomer-

    cluster (glomerulus)

  • glot-

    language (glottis, epiglottis)

  • glyc-

    sweet (glycogen, glycoprotein)

  • gno-

    know (diagnosis)

  • -gram

    something written (echocardiogram)

  • gust-

    taste (gustatory nerve)

  • gyn-

    woman (gynecologist)

  • hema-

    blood (hematoma)

  • hepat-

    liver (hepatic duct, hepatitis, hepatocyte)

  • homeo-

    same (homeostasis)

  • humor-

    fluid (humoral, aqueous humor)

  • hydr-

    water (hydrostatic pressure, hydrocephaly)

  • hyper-

    above (hypertonic)

  • hypo-

    below (hypotonic)

  • hyster-

    uterus (hysterectomy)

  • -ia

    condition of diseased or abnormal state (ischemia)

  • im-

    not (imbalance, impotence)

  • infra-

    under; below (infraorbital foramen)