Prefixes, Word roots & Suffixes

Suffixes are highlighted in yellow and bold.
Prefixes are in blue and bold.
Word roots are highlighted in sea green and bold.

• Algia — pain/ painful condition
• Dys — bad/ difficult/ painful
• --ectomy — surgical removal/ cutting out
• Hyper — excessive/ increase
• Hypo — deficient/ decrease
• --osis — abnormal condition/disease
• --ostomy — surgical creation of an artificial opening to the surface
• --otomy — cutting/surgical incision
• --plasty — surgical repair
• --rrhage — bleeding excessive fluid discharge 
• --rraphy — surgical suturing 
• --rrhea — flow or discharge
• --rrhexis — rupture
• --sclerosis — abnormal hardening  
• gastr — stomach 
• fibro — connective tissue fiber 
• my/o — muscle
• myel — spine
• --itis — inflammation of...
• --megaly — enlargement
• --malacia — softening
• --necrosis — tissue death
• --graphy — the process of producing a picture or record
• --centesis — surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic procedures
• Ab — away from/ negative/ absent
• Dextr/o — right side
• Ex — outside/ out of/ away from
• Macro —
• Micro —
• Pre —
• Post —
• Peri —
• Ad — 

 Common suffixes meaning "pertaining to...:"

• --ac — For example, "cardiac" means pertaining to the heart.
• --al — For example, "abdominal" means pertaining to the abdomen.
• --ary — For example, " "
• --ic — For example, " "
• --ical — For example, " "

 Medical terminology: COLORS

• Leuk/o — white
• Erythr/o — red 
• Cyan/o — blue or blue-ish 
• Poli/o — gray/gray-ish 
• Melan/o - black