Prefix/ Meaning Word Example Meaning Another Word Meaning
Root/ Suffix Pan- All Panacea A remedy that is Pancolitis Ulcerative colitis imagined to cure that involves the all ills. entire colon. Rhabdo- Striated; Rod- Rhabdomyoma A tumor of the Rhabdovirus Any virus of the shaped striated muscle. family Rhabdoviridae. Scler- Hard Sclera The hard white Scleritis Inflammation of membrane the sclera. covering the front of the eye. Ton- Pressure; Tonometer An instrument Tonometry A standard eye Tension that measures test that is done pressure in the to determine the eyeball. fluid pressure inside the eye. Sym- With; Together Symmetry A Sympus An individual in correspondence which the legs of body parts on and feet are both sides of the united in the body. midline. Sub- Under Subcutaneous Underneath the Sublobular Beneath a lobule, skin. as of the liver. Hemi- Half Hemiplegia Paralysis of one Hemiglossitis A vesicular side of the body. eruption on one side of the tongue and the corresponding inner surface of the cheek. Pre- Before Prefrontal Related to Prenatal Occurring or extreme front of existing before the brain. birth. Post- After; Behind Post-partum After birth. Postcostal Behind the ribs. Photo- Light Photophobia An aversion to Photoautotroph An organism that light. depends solely on light for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon.