- a/an: without, lack of
- ab: away from
- abdomi: referring to abdomen
- acro: an extremity
- ad: to, toward
- adeno: referring to gland
- ana: up, back, again
- angio: referring to vessel
- ante: before, forward
- anti: against, opposed to
- arterio: referring to artery
- arthro: referring to a joint
- auto: self
- bi, bis: twice, double, in two’s
- bio: life
- blasto: referring to germ or cell
- blepharo: referring to an eyelid
- brady: slow
- branchy: short, around
- carcino: malignant
- circum: around
- co, col, com, con: with, together
- contra: against, opposite
- cyano: blue
- di: twice, double
- dia: through, between, completely
- de: down from
- dors: back
- dys: difficult, painful, abnormal
- ecto, ectomy: to cut out; remove
- electro: pertaining to electricity
- end: inside
- endo: in, inner [layer]; within; inside of
- epi: upon, on, above
- erythro: referring to anything red or erythrocytes (red blood cells)
- eu: easy, good, normal
- exo: outside, outer
- extra: outside; in addition to
- glyco: sugar
- hemi: half
- heter: other, different
- homeo, homo: same, similar, alike
- hydro: water
- hyper: beyond, excessive, over
- hypo: less, under, below, deficient
- infra: beneath, below
- inter: between, among
- intra: within
- iso: equal, like
- itis: inflammation
- kinetic: movement
- latero: side
- leuko: anything white or leukocytes (white blood cells)
- leuko: white
- litho: referring to a stone
- macro: large, great
- mal: bad, abnormal
- med, medi: middle
- mega, megal: great, large
- melano: black
- micro: small
- mono: one
- morph: shape
- myopathy: damage to the muscle
- mega, megaly: enlargement
- neo: new
- noct: night
- oligo: little, deficient
- para: near, beside, apart from, by the side of
- patho: disease
- per: through
- peri: outer [layer], around
- poly: much, many, multiple
- post: after, behind
- pre, pro: before, preceding, in front of
- pseudo: false
- quad, quadri, quar, quat: four, in fours
- retro: backward, located behind
- sclera, sclero: hard; or related to schlera
- semi: half
- sub: below, beneath, under
- super: above, over
- tachy: fast
- trans: across, through, beyond
- tri: three, in three’s
- uni: one; single or singly
Reference
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