Medical prefix lapar- epi- super- supra- trans- anti- contra

Medical prefix lapar- epi- super- supra- trans- anti- contra

MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY
‘PREFIXES’
Medical prefix
Laymen's term
Prefix/Suffix
laparepisupersupratransanticontrapanbrachiocircumperiarterioab-
abdomen
above, upper
above
above
across
against
against
all
arm
around
around
artery
away from
lapar/scopy
epi/dermis
super/virulent
supra/orbital
trans/sexual
anti/depressant
contra/indication
pan/phobia
brachio/radialis
circum/duction
peri/card/itis
arterio/lo/sclerosis
ab/duction
dorsretrofasciapreantepostsubparaintercholenatuspartmelancystovesichaemo-, hemasomaosteomyelobicerebroencephalmamm-, mastbronchi-, cho-
back
backward
band (fibrous)
before
before
behind
below
beside
between
bile
birth
birth, labour
black
bladder, sac
bladder, sac
blood
body
bone
bone marrow
both, two
brain
brain
breast
bronchial
dorsi/flexion
retro/grade
fascic/ulations
pre/natal
ante/febrile
post/nasal
sub/clinical
para/thyroid
inter/costa/l
chole/cyst/itis
nat/ural
post/part/um
melan/in
cysto/carcin/oma
vesico/cele
hema/tocrit
soma/to/tropin
osteo/chondr/itis
myel/itis
bi/ceps
cerebral/palsy
encephal/opathy
mammo/gram
bronch/itis
carcinchondro-
cancer
cartilage
carcin/oma
chondro/cyte
cyt -, cytebuccalpaedthrombocolkeratcortankyl-
cell
cheek
child
clot
colon
cornea, scaly
covering
crooked, looped
cyto/blast
bucco/lingual
pedi/atric
thromb/osis
col/itis
kerato/conus
cort/isone
anykl/osing
hypophrenicdiplo-
deficient
diaphragm
double
hypo/thyroid
phreno/colic
dipl/opia
aud-, aurotoovicubitusoculophthalhyper-
ear, hearing
ear, hearing
egg
elbow, forearm
eye
eye
excessive
aud/itory
oto/laryng/ology
ovu/lation
cubital fossa
ocu/lomotor nerve
ophth/amologist
hyper/thyroid
facipseudoliponychlymphped-, podpro-
facies, face
false
fat
finger, toe nail
fluid
foot
forward
facio/plasty
pseudo/neur/oma
lip/oma
onych/algia
lymph/edema
pod/iatrist
pro/lactin
cholecystadengingiva-
gallbladder
gland
gums
cholecysto/litho/tripsy
adeno/my/osis
gingiv/itis
hemichiro-, chirocephalocardiothermcoxailicenti-
half
hand
head
heart
heat
hip
hip bone
hundredth
hemi/chroma/topsia
chiro/practic
cephalo/pelvic
cardio/logist
thermo/genesis
coxo/femoral
ilio/psoas
centi/meter
intraendoenter-
inside
inside, within
intestine
intra/luminal
endo/scopy
enter/itis
ileiri-
intestine (part)
iris (eye)
ileo/cecal valve
iri/dology
arthr-
joint
arthr/itis
nephrorenpyelogenu-
kidney
kidney
kidney, bowl of
knee
nephro/logy
ren/al failure
pyelo/nephr/itis
genu/flect
macrolaryngallabiahepatopneumopulm-
large
larynx
like, similar
lip
liver
lung
lung
macro/cyst
laryngo/malacia
al/ar
labio/palatine
hepato/megaly
pneumo/nia
pulm/onary
Polymeningmeno-, mensmesolactopsychostomaormyxmyo-
many
membrane
menstruate
middle
milk
mind, soul
mouth
mouth, bone
mucus
muscle
poly/cystic
mening/itis
meno/rrhagia
meso/morph
lacta/tion
psycho/somatic
stoma/to/plasty
or/al
myx/edema
myo/pia
striccervictrachelneuroneothelrhinnares-, nas-
narrowing
neck
neck
nerve
new
nipple
nose
nose, nostrils
stric/ure
cervic/al
trachel/ectomy
neuro/ology
neo/natal
thele/plasty
rhino/plasty
nas/al
Mono-
one, single
organ
outside
ovary
ovary
mono/nucle/osis
viscera/somatic
ecto/cornea
oophor/rhagia
ovario/tubal
visceraectooophoroovario-
dyspharyngpleurgravidpyo-
painful
pharynx
pleura of lung
pregnant
pus
dys/mennorhea
pharyn/geal
pleur/isy
gravido/cardiac
pyo/derma/tosis
tachyproctoerythrocosto-
rapid
rectum
red
ribs
tachy/cardia
procto/paralysis
erythro/cyte
costo/tome
sialsquamsemincutdermacraniobradymicromyelospondylsplenamylgastrolithorthoedem-
saliva
scaly
seed
skin
skin
skull
slow
small
spinal cord
spine
spleen
starch
stomach
stone
straight
swelling (fluid)
siala/den/itis
squam/ous cells
semin/al vesicle
cut/icle
derma/brasion
cranio/pagus
brady/cardia
micro/scope
myelo/lympho/cyte
spondylo/listhesis
spleno/pneum/onia
amyl/ase
gastro/enter/itis
litho/tripsy
ortho/dontia
edema/to/genic
cauddeciorchidthorackilomilliglosslinguadentodontadtrachesalpingo-
tail
tenth (10th)
testes
thorax
thousand
thousandth
tongue
tongue
tooth
tooth
toward
trachea
tube
cauda/ equina
deci/meter
orchid/op/tosis
thoraco/pagus
kilo/meter
milli/meter
glosso/pharyng/eal
linguo/papill/itis
dent/ition
odont/orrhagia
ad/duction
trache/otomy
salpingo/scope
epihystermetro-
upper, above
uterus, womb
uterus, womb
epi/stasis
hyster/ectomy
metro/rrhagia
colpphlebvasangio-
vagina
vein
vessel
vessel (blood)
colp/cele
phleb/itis
vaso/active
angio/gram
hydrosebumasthenbarleukoa-, angynecarpo-
water
wax, suet
weakness, lack
weight
white
without
woman
wrist
hydro/cephaly
seb/orrhea
asthen/opia
bar/ometer
leuko/cyto/penia
a/sexual
gyno/cologist
carp/al tunnel