Prefix/Suffixes

Meanings

100

pre-

Before

200

post-

After

300

mal-

Bad or Poor

400

iso-

Equal

500

syn-

Together or Joined

Let's Give it a Try

100

Prefix meaning fast

tacky-

200

Prefix meaning above

super-

300

Prefix meaning inside

endo-

400

Prefix meaning low

hypo-

500

Suffix meaning cut into

-otomy

What do you see

100

A patient has high blood pressure-which prefix signals high?

hyper-

200

A condition occurs after birth-which prefix fits?

post-

300

A procedure creates an opening-which suffix is used?

-ostomy 

400

A disease causes hardening of tissue-which suffix fits?

-sclerosis 

500

A condition involves blood-which suffix fits?

-emia

What does this change?

100

Adding re- changes a word to mean this

Again

200

Adding -megaly changes a word to mean this

enlargment

300

Adding -itis tells you a condition involves this

Inflammation

400

Adding pseudo- changes a word to mean this

False

500

Adding -osis tells you the condition is this type

Abnormal condition or increase

Think Twice

100

hypo-

Low

200

-emesis

Excessive vomiting 

300

-ostomy

Creates an opening

400

poly-

many

500

-orrhea

excessive discharge