LIST OF COMMON PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
| -aemia | Of the blood |
| -algia | Pain |
| Anti- | Against |
| Arthro- | Of the joints |
| Auto- | Self |
| -blast | Precursor |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Broncho- | Of the bronchial tree |
| Carcin- | Cancer |
| Cardio- | Of the heart |
| -cidal | Killing |
| Cysto- | Of the bladder |
| Dys- | Painful/difficult |
| Ecto-/Exo- | External/outside |
| Endo- | Inside |
| Entero- | Of the intestine |
| Epi- | Upon |
| Ex- | Out of |
| Exo- | Outside |
| Extra- | Out of |
| -form | Taking the shape of |
| Gastro- | Of the stomach |
| Haemo- | Of the blood |
| Hepato- | Of the liver |
| Hyper- | Above |
| Hypo- | Below |
| -iasis | Disease of |
| Inter- | Within |
| Intra- | Between |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| Leuco- | Pertaining to the white blood cells |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| Myo- | Of the muscle |
| Neo- | New |
| Nephro- | Of the kidney |
| Neuro- | Of the nerve or nervous system |
| -oid | Taking the shape of |
| -ologist | The person who studies |
| -ology | The study of |
| -oma | Tumour |
| Pan- | Whole/all/complete |
| Para- | Beside/next to |
| Peri- | around |
| Pleo- | more than one/many |
| Poly- | many |
| Pre- | Before in time or place |
| Pro- | Before in time or place |
| Renal- | Of the kidney |
| Rhino- | Of the nose |
| -static | Inhibiting |
| Sub- | Under |
| Super- | Above |
| Tachy- | Increased rate |
| Tracheo- | Of the trachea |
| Trans- | Across |
| -uria | Of the urine |
| Vaso- | Of blood vessels |