Flashcards › Medical Tems prefix and suffix

anti- against opposite of brady- slow endo- within epi- upon,over, above, on top neo- new pre before append/o, appendic/o appendix bi/o life cardi/o heart cerebr/o cerebrum (the largest part of the brain) dermat/o skin electr/o electricity encephal/o brain gastr/o stomach hem/o blood hepat/o liver hyster/o uterus laryng/o larynx,voice box leuk/o white mamm/o breast mast/o breast ment/o mind nat/o birth neur/0 nerve path/o disease proct/o rectum or anus psch/o mind rhin/o nose tonsill/o almond, tonsil vas/o vessel -al pertaining to -ectomy surgical excision, removal -emia condition of blood -gram a record or image -iatry treatment, specialty -ia condition of -ic pertaining to -itis inflammation -logist one who study -pathy disease -philia loving, affinity for -plasty surgical repair -scope instrument used for viewing prefix, suffix and word roots for studing