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Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes for Anatomy & Physiology

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  • Prefix A-, An-

    Meaning: Without; Lacking
    Example: Anemia

  • Prefix Andr/o-

    Meaning: Male
    Example: Androgen

  • Prefix Anti-

    Meaning: Against
    Example: Anticholinergic drugs

  • Prefix Auto-

    Meaning: Self
    Example: Autocrine

  • Prefix Bio-

    Meaning: Life
    Example: Biology

  • Prefix Chem/o-

    Meaning: Chemistry
    Example: Chemotherapy

  • Prefix Cyt/o-

    Meaning: Cell
    Example: Cytokine

  • Prefix Dys-

    Meaning: Difficult; Abnormal
    Example: Dyspnea

  • Prefix Eu-

    Meaning: Good; Well
    Example: Eupnea

  • Prefix Fibr/o-

    Meaning: Fiber
    Example: Fibrosis

  • Prefix Gluco-, Glyco-

    Meaning: Glucose; Sugar
    Example: Glycogen

  • Prefix Gyn/o-, Gynec-

    Meaning: Female
    Example: Gynecology

  • Prefix Hydr/o-

    Meaning: Water
    Example: Hydrocephalus

  • Prefix Mal-

    Meaning: Bad; Abnormal
    Example: Malignant

  • Prefix Necr/o-

    Meaning: Death
    Example: Necrosis

  • Prefix Neo-

    Meaning: New
    Example: Neonate

  • Prefix Oxy-

    Meaning: Sharp; Acute; Oxygen
    Example: Oxytocin

  • Prefix Pan-, Pant/o-

    Meaning: All or everywhere
    Example: Pancytopenia

  • Prefix Pharmaco-

    Meaning: Drug; Medicine
    Example: Pharmacist

  • Prefix Re-

    Meaning: Again; Backward
    Example: Rejuvenation

  • Suffix -ac

    Meaning: Pertaining to
    Example: Cardiac

  • Suffix -blast, -blasto, -blastic

    Meaning: Bud; Germ
    Example: Myoblast

  • Suffix -cyte, -cytic

    Meaning: Cell
    Example: Thrombocyte

  • Suffix -dynia

    Meaning: Pain; Swelling
    Example: Thoracodynia

  • Suffix -emia

    Meaning: Blood condition
    Example: Anemia

  • Suffix -itis, -ites

    Meaning: Inflammation
    Example: Arthritis

  • Suffix -megaly

    Meaning: Enlargement
    Example: Acromegaly

  • Suffix -oma

    Meaning: Tumor
    Example: Angiosarcoma

  • Suffix -osis

    Meaning: Condition; Usually abnormal
    Example: Endometriosis

  • Suffix -plasty

    Meaning: Surgical reconstruction
    Example: Vertebroplasty

  • Suffix -scope

    Meaning: For examining
    Example: Endoscope