PREFIXES

• a - = without, lack of
• ab- = away from
• abdomi(n)- = abdomen
• aden/o - = pertaining to a gland
• an- = without, lack of
• ana- = up, back, again
• angio- = vessel
• ante- = before, forward
• anti- = against, opposed to
• arteri/o- = artery
• arthro- =pertaining to a joint
• auto- = self
• bi- = two
• bi/o- = pertaining to life
• blast/o- = germ or cell
• blephar/o- = pertaining to an eyelid
• brady- = slow
• calc- = stone; also heel
• cardi/o = pertaining to heart
• cephal/o- = head
• cerebr/o- = cerebrum (part of the brain)
• cervic/o- = cervix or neck
• chondr/o- = cartilage
• circum- = around, about
• contra- = against, opposite
• cost/o- = rib
• cyan/o- = blue
• cyst/o- = bladder or sac
• cyt/o- = cell
• de- = down from
• dermat/o- = pertaining to the skin
• di- = two
• dia- = through, completely
• dys- = difficult, painful, abnormal
• ect/o- = outside
• electro- = electricity
• end/o- = within
• enter/o- = intenstines
• epi- = upon, on
• erythr/o- = red