| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
-ac | pertaining to
Cardiac |
-al | pertaining to
intestinal |
-ar | pertaining to
muscular |
-ary | pertaining to
urinary |
-ic | pertaining to
pelvic |
-ine | pertaining to
uterine |
-ive | pertaining to
digestive |
-ous | pertaining to
venous |
-ation | being, having, process
urination |
-ion | action, condition
digestion |
-ia | condition, state, thing
pneumonia |
-ism | disease from a specific cause, process
hypothyroidism |
-itis | infection of, inflammation of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | mass, tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition, process |
-pathy | disease |
-ectomy | surgical removal
Vasectomy |
-gram | picture, record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument used to examine |
-scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
-tomy | process of making an incision |
-iatry | medical treatment |
-ics | knowledge, practice |
-ist | people who specialize in, thing that specializes in |
-logy | study of |
epi- | above, upon |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
peri- | around |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
sub- | below, underneath, less than |
trans- | across, through |
bi- | two |
Brady- | slow |
hemi- | one half |
hyper- | above, more than normal |
hypo- | below, deficient |
poly- | many, much |
quadri- | four |
tachy- | fast |
tri- | three |
an- | not, without |
anti- | against |
dys- | abnormal, difficult, painful |
re- | again and again, backward, unable to |