Part I-Suffixes,Prefixes

-ia

condition of
phobia

-sim

condition of
alcoholism

-sis

condition of
acidosis

-y

condition of
tetany

prim/i-

first

mon/o

one

uni-

one

hemi-

half;one side

bi-

two,twice

di-

two,twice

dipl/o

double

tri-

triplet

quadr/i-

four

tetra-

four

multi-

many

poly-

many,much

cyan/o-

blue

erythr/o-

red

leuk/o-

white,colorless

melan/o-

black,dark

xanth/o-

yellow

a-,an-

not;without

anti-

against

contra-

against,opposite

de-

down,without

dis-

absence,removal,separation

in-;im-(used before b,m,p)

not

non-

not

un-

not

ab-

away from

ad-

toward;near

dia-

through

per-

through

trans-

through

hyper-

over,excess,abnormally high,increased

hypo-

under;below

olig/o-

few,scanty

pan-

all

super-

above,excess

mega-,megalo-

large;abnormally large

micro-

small

neo-

new

normo-

normal

ortho-

straight,correct,upright

poikilo-

varied;irregular

pseudo-

false

re-

again;back

ante-

before

pre-

before,in front of

pro-

before,in front of

post-

after,behind

dextr/o-

right

sinistr/o-

left

ec-,ecto-

out; outside

ex/o-

away from; outside

end/o-

in;within

mes/o-

middle

syn-,sym-(used before b,m,p,)

together

te/e-,tel/o-

end