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Specialized English
Occupational Health
Mahdi JahangirBlourchian
The School of Health
Guilan University of Medical Sciences
1392
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
A- (AN-)
Without
Anaerobic
Actin-
Ray
Actinometer
Aer- (Aero-)
Air
Aeration
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Alti- (Allo-)
High
Altimeter
Ambi-
Both
Ambidextrous
Ana-
Up, Back, New, Again
Anabolism
Anemo-
Wind
Anemometer
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Ase
Enzyme
Invertase
Astro- (Aster)
Star
Asteroid
Audio
Hear
Audiometer
Auto
Self, Indepently
Automatic
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Bar- (Baro-)
Weight, pressure
Barograph
Bi-
Two
Binocular
Bio-
Life
Biochemist
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Calori-
Heat
Calorimeter
Carta- (Carto-)
Map
Cartography
Cata- (Kata-)
Away, Down
Catabolism
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Cephal- (Chephalo-)
Head
Cephalothorax
Chrome- (Chromo-)
Color
Chromoplast
Chrono-
Time
Chornometer
-Cide
Cut down, Kill
Germicide
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Circum-
Around
Circumference
- Cision
Cut
Incision
Clino-
Sloping
Clinograph,
Clinometer
Co- (Con-)
Together
Coordination
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
-Coccus
Spherical cell
Streptococcus
Contra-
Against, Opposite
Contraceptive
Counter-
Against
Counteraction
Cryo-
Icy, Cold
Cryogenic,
Cryotherpy
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Cycle-
Circle
Cyclic
-Cyte
Cell
Leucocyte
De-
Down, to undo
Dehydrate
Deca-
Ten
Decagon
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Demi-
Half
Demilunar
Dendro- (Dendre-)
Tree
Dendreform
Denti-
Tooth
Dental
-derm
Skin
Ectoderm
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Dextra-
Right
Dextral
Di-
Two
Dichromatism
Dia-
Through, Across
Diagnose,
Diathermic
Dis-
Apart, the opposite
Discriminate
Dodeca-
Twelve
Dodecagon
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Duct-
Tube
Oviduct
Dura-, Duro, Dur-
Lasting, Hard
Durable
Dyna-
Power, Force
Dynamic,
Dynamite
Ec-
Out
Eccentric
House
Economics,
Ecology
Eco-
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Ecto-
Outside
Ectoderm
Endo-
Within
Endogenous
Equi-
Equal
Equilateral
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Fore-
Before
Foretell
-fract
To break
Refraction
Gam-
Marriage
Gametocyte
Gastro-
Stomach
Gastric
Ge- (Geo-)
The earth
Geography
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Gel-
Frost, Congeal
Regelation
-gen
Producer
Hydrogen, Pathogen
Glac-
Ice
Glacial, Glacier
Glob-
Ball
Global, Globular
Glomer-
Collect
Glomerulus
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
-gon
Angle
Polygon
Gonia-
Angle
Goniometer
Grad-
Step
Gradient
-gram
Written
Diagram
Gran
Seed
Granular
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
-graph
Recorded, Drawn
Barograph,
Seismograph
Grav-
Heavy
Gravimeter, Gravity
Gyro-
Turn
Gyroscope
Haema- (Haemato)
Blood, Iron
Haemagolobin
Hal- (Halo-)
Salt
Halogen
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Helio-
The sun
Heliocentric
Hemi-
Half
Hemisphere
Hemo- (Haemo-)
Blood
Hemorrhage
Hepta-
Seven
Heptagon
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Hexa-
Six
Hexangular
Hol-(Holo-)
Whole
Holoblastic
Hydra- (Hydro)
Water, Liquid
Hydraulic,
Hydrometer
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Hyet-
Rain
Hyetograph
Hygi-
Health
Hygienist, Hygiene
Hygro-
Wet
Hygrometer
Hypo-
Under
Hypoactivity
Hypso-
High
Hypsometer
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Igne- (Igni-)
Fire
Ignition, Igneous
In-, Il-, Im, Irr
Not
Inconvenient,
Immature, Irregular
In-, Il-, Im, Irr
Into, Upon
Insert, Illuminate,
Infra-
Within, Below
Infrared, Infrasonic
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Insula-
Island
Insulate
Inter-
Between
Internode
Intra-
Within
Intracellular
Inver-
To turn in
Inversion
Iso-
Equal
Isotermal
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
-itis
Inflammation
Tonsilitis
Kilo-
One thousand
Kilogram
Kin-
Motion, Moving
Kinetic
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
-logist
Specialist
Biologist, Geologist
-logy
Study of
Biology, Geology
-lysis
Loosing, Setting free
Dialysis, Electrolysis
-macro
Great, Large
Macromolcule
Mal-
Bad
Malnutrition
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Man- (Manu-)
Hand
Manual,
Manufacture
Medi-
Middle
Medium
Mega-
Great, One million
Megaphone
-mer
Part
Monomer, Polymer
Meso-
Middle
Mesosphere
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Meta-
Beyond, After,
Change
Metaphysis
- meter
Measure
Ampermeter
Micro-
Small, One millionth
Microfilm
Mil-(Milli-)
One thousanth
Miligram
Mis-
Wrong
Misfit
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Mono-(Mon-)
Single, one
Monochromatic
Morph-
Form, Shape
Morphology
Mult- (Multi-)
Many
Multinomial
Nem-
Thread
Nematoid
Neo-
New
Neogene
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Neuro-
Nerve
Neuron
Non-
Not
Non-magnetic
Ob-
Against, Toward
Object,
Oct-, Octa-
Eight
Octane
Oid-
Resembling
Alkaloid
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
-phil
Loving
Hydrophile
-phobe
Fear
Hydrophob
Phon-(Phono-
Sound
Phonograph,
Telephone
Phot-(Photo-)
Light
Photometer
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Pluv-
Rain
Pluviometer
Pneuma-
Air, Lung
Pneumatic
-pod
Foot
Pseudopodium
Poly-
Many, Much
Polygon
Post-
After
Postwar
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Pre-
Before
Preorbital
Prima-
First
Primary
Pro-
Before
Propose, Prognosis
Prete-
First
Protozoa
Pseudo-
False
Pseudocyst
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Sal-
Salt
Saliferous, Saline
-scope
Examine, See
Microscope,
Spectroscope
-scribe
Write
Inscribe
Sect-
Cut
Bisect
Seisme-
Earthquake
Seismograph
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Semi-
Half, Partly
Semiconductor
Sol-
Sun
Solar
Spectr-
Appearance
Spectrum
Spher-
Ball
Spheroidal
Stat-
Standing, Fixed
Stator
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Stereo-
Three dimensional,
Solid
Stereoscope
Sub-
Under, Below
Sublease, Subsoil
Super-
Above, Beyound
Supertension
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Sym-
With, Together
Symposium
Syn-
With, Together
Synchronous
Techn-
Art, Skill, Craft
Technician,
Technology
Tele-
Far off, Distant
Television, Telescope
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Tetra-
Four
tetrahedron
-therapy
Treatment
Hydrotherapy
Therm-
Heat
Thermometer
-therm
Heat
Diathermic
-tome
Cut
Microtome
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Tropo -
Turning
Troposphere
Trans -
Beyond,
Through
Transmission
Tri –
Three
Trinomial
Ultra -
More than,
Execessive
Ultrasonic, Ultrabasic
Un-
Not
Unconformity
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Uni-
One
Univalent
Vect -
Carry
Vector
Vent -
Wind
Ventilation
-vent
To come
Advent
-vert
Turn
Divert
Prefix and Suffixes
Root
Meaning
example
Vita-
Life
Vitalize
Vitre -
Glass
Vitreous
Xero -
Dry
Xerography
Zoo -
Animal, Life
Zoology
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