| a-; an- | no; not; without |
| ante- | before; forward |
| anti- | against |
| brachy- | short |
| de- | lack of; down; less; removal of |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; adnormal |
| endo- | in; within |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | less than normal; below; deficient; under |
| mal- | bad |
| mega- | large |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| neo- | new |
| para- | near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| post- | after; behind |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| pro- | before; forward |
| sub- | under; below |
| -al, -ar, -ary,-eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of waste |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectasis; -ectasia | stretching; dilation; dilatation |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to a blood condition |
| -gen | producing; forming |
| -opsy | view of |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | full of; sugar; pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -otic | pertaining to the abnormal condition |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation; to put into place |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ptyalo | spit; saliva |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis; -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ion | process |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lithiasis | abnormal condition of stones |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, fluid collection |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -stenosis | tightening; narrowing; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening to the outside of the body |
| -tomy | incision;process of cutting into |
| -tresia | opening |
| -um | structure; tissue; thing; pertaining to |
