Anatomy & Physiology Prefixes and Suffixes

shape or form (e.g., polymorphic neutrophils)

death (e.g., mortal wound, mortuary science, mortician)

many (e.g., multifactorial, multinucleate cells)

change (e.g., mutation, mutagen)

muscle (e.g., myofibril, myoglobin)

death (e.g., necrotic tissue)

new (e.g., neonatal)

kidney (e.g., nephron)

nerve (e.g., neuron, neurohypophysis)

night (e.g., nocturia)

eye (e.g., ocular nerve)

to smell (e.g., olfactory bulbs)

few (e.g., oligodendrites)

one who studies and practices (e.g., cardiologist, gynecologist)

between (e.g., interphase, intercostal muscle)

inside (e.g., intramembranous ossification, intracellular fluid)

state of (e.g., hyperthyroidism)

equal (e.g., isotonic, isometric)

inflammation (e.g., myocarditis)

potassium (e.g., hyperkalemia)

milk (e.g., lactation)

wide (e.g., latissimus dorsi)

white (e.g., leukocyte)

bind (e.g., ligament)

line (e.g., linea alba)

fat (e.g., lipids)

study of (e.g., physiology, biology)

large (e.g., macrobiotic, macrocephaly, macrophage)

bad (e.g., malformation, malady)

place in hands (e.g., mandible)

madness or insane desire (e.g., egomania)

mother (e.g., dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid mater)

enlargement (e.g., acromegaly)

black (e.g., melanin, melanocyte)

membrane (e.g., meninges)