1、Suffix-acMeaningExamplepertaining tocardiac: pertaining to the heart屬于，關(guān)于心臟（?。┑?alpertaining tomedical: pertaining to medicine-arpertaining tomolecular: pertaining to a molecule 分子的-arypertaining tociliary: pertaining to the ciliabelonging to睫毛的 ,纖毛的 ,毛狀的-aseenzyme 酶amylase: any enzyme that converts

2、 starch to sugar 淀粉酶-clesmallnessfollicle: a small bodily cavity or sac小,少,貧乏,小氣小囊 ,（頭發(fā)的 ）毛囊-ean instrument 儀器auriscope: an instrument for examining the ear ( 檢查耳朵用的 )耳鏡-ealpertaining tolaryngeal: pertaining to the larynx 喉的 , 喉音的-iacondition; qualityphobia: abnormal fear 恐懼，害怕-icpertaining totoxic:

3、 pertaining to toxin 有毒的；因中毒引起的-icsstudy of; name of a sciencepaediatrics: study of children, their development a nd diseases 兒科學(xué)-ine/ substance 物質(zhì)insulin：insubstance (hormone) produced by the islets of Lan gerhans in the pancreas胰島素-ismprocess or conditionalcoholism: excessive drinking of alcohol w

4、hich b ecomes addictive 酒精中毒-istone who specializes inpharmacologist: a doctor who specializes in the st精通于的人udy of drugs藥理專家-itis inflammation refers to a part irhinitis: inflammation of the nasal passagesn部位的炎癥鼻炎，鼻粘膜炎-(i)u relation to a whole; related toendometrium: inner lining of the uter子宮內(nèi)膜m與相

5、關(guān)-ive characterizes byantitussive: a drug that suppresses coughing 止咳藥-let tiny; smalldroplet: a tiny drop 小滴-menthe result or product of an actdevelopment: thing which develops or is being detionveloped; action of becoming mature-oid resembling; likemucoid: resembling mucus像粘液樣的-ole little; smallce

6、ntriole: the small dense structure in the middle o f the cen trosome細(xì)胞中心粒；中心體-oma tumor; swelli ng refers to a dodermatofibroma: fibrous tumor of the sk iner皮膚纖維瘤-or/- either a person or thingreceptor: a sen sory n erve ending that resp onds toervarious stimuli感受器，受體-ory characterized by; pertaining

7、 tsuspensory: which is hanging downo懸吊式，懸?guī)?ose sugarfructose: fruits sugar found in honey and some fru it果糖-osis abno rmal con diti onon ychocryptosis: abno rmal con diti on of a hidde n nail嵌甲-ous perta ining topois ono us: perta ining to pois on; also containing p oison有毒的，分泌毒素的-sombodieses-um str

8、ucture; thing; substaneeribosome: the body of nu cleic acid 核糖體mag nesium: a white metallic chemical substa nee結(jié)構(gòu)，物質(zhì)鎂（金屬元素）-ycon diti on; act; processdystrophy: disorder caused by defective nu tritio n or metabolism營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良The following is a list of the most commonly used compound suffixesSuffix Meaning

9、Example-algia pain; painful; condition arthralgia: pain in a joint 關(guān)節(jié)痛-ase en zymeprotease: digestive en zyme蛋白酶-blast embryo胚，胚胎，人類胚h(yuǎn)emocytoblast: blast cell血胚細(xì)胞，原始血細(xì)胞 胎-carci malig nant tumor develop ing ade no carci no ma: malig nant tumor develop ing fro noma from connective tissue 相 m glandular

10、 tissue腺癌-cele protrusion; distention 突出; 膨脹，延伸-cen tesurgical puncture 手術(shù)穿孑 L sis-cap nicarb on dioxide 二氧化碳 a-cide kill-clast cell-dyni pain關(guān)組織的惡性腫瘤esophagocele: abno rmal diste nti on of the esophag us食管突出 parace ntesis: surgical pun cture of a cavity for the aspirati on of fluid 穿刺術(shù)acap nia: abs

11、e nee of carb on dioxide血 液 二氧化 碳缺乏germicide: (substa nee) which can kill germs 殺菌劑phagocyte:cell, especially a white blood cell, whic h can surro und and destroy other cell噬 菌細(xì)胞 glossod ynia: pain in the ton gue舌痛a-ectasexpa nsion; dilati on(膨脹,擴(kuò) atelectasis: in complete expa nsion of the lungs at

12、b ia/ 張)irth肺不張-ectasis-ecto surgical excision or removal gastrectomy: surgical removal of the stomach 胃my of切除術(shù)edemexcessive accumulati on of smyxoedema: con diti on caused whe n the thyroid glaerous fluid 水腫and does not produce eno ugh thyroid horm one粘 液腺瘤病，粘液水腫-emia blood con diti onleukemia: an

13、y of several malig nant diseases where an abno rmal nu mber of leucocytes form in the bl ood白血病-emesvomit ing 嘔吐hematemesis: the vomit ing of blood 咯血； 吐血isgen someth ing that produced or pathoge n: a microorga nism or age nt capable of prprouduces-gene production 生產(chǎn) sis-globi protein 蛋白質(zhì)n-gno sik n

14、o wledgesoduc ing disease病 菌，病原體 spermatoge nesis: formati on and developme nt of s permatozoa in the teste精子發(fā)生 hemoglob in: an iron-containing prote in produced by erythrocytes 血紅素diag no sis: the process of ide ntify ing the n ature or prese nee of a disease through kno wledge and exa min ati on-g

15、ram image; pictureelectrocardiogram: a graphic record of the electric al activity of heart muscle or heartbeat used in the diag no sis of heart disease.Abbr. ECG and EKG Syn. cardiogram心電圖-grap process of recording h(y) 記錄過程-iasis con diti on; state情況，狀況electocardiography: the process of making or r

16、eco rding electrocardiograms. Syn. cardiography 心 電圖記錄cholelithiasis: the formation of gallstones 膽石癥-iatry/ heali ng, freque ntly refers to podiatry: treatme nt of foot disorders -iatric a branch of medicine康復(fù)，足部醫(yī)療s常指醫(yī)學(xué)的一個(gè)分支-lith stone-logy the study of-logis one who studies and treats-lysis breakd

17、own, destructioncholelith: a gallstone; a stone formed in the gallbla dder膽結(jié)石 cytology: the scie nee study of cells 纟田胞學(xué)urologist: a physician who specializes in the practi ce of urology泌尿科醫(yī)生 hemolysis: the destruct ion or breakdow n of red bl-mala softening ciaood cells with release of hemoglob in

18、溶血osteomalacia: softe ning of bone骨軟化mani extreme compulsi on or preo kleptoma nia: a morbid, uncon trollable compulsi onaccupati on 強(qiáng)迫癥-megagia ntlyto steal盜竊癖acromegaly: a con diti on in which there is an enlar geme nt of the facial bones as well as those of the l ungs肢端肥大癥-metr measurement y/-met

19、espirometry: measureme nt of the volume of air inh aled and exhaled or the air capacity of the lung肺 （活）量測(cè)定（法），呼吸量測(cè)定（法）r-odyn painia-one hormone荷爾蒙，激素cardiodynia: pain in the heart region心痛，胸痛 parathorm one: which regulates calcium bala nee among the blood, bon es, and teetl甲 狀旁腺激素-opia a defect in

20、the eye目艮睛的毛 myopia: being short-sighted近視 病-opsy to view-osis morbid condition 病態(tài)的 -osmi smellbiopsy: excisi on of live tissue for microscopic dia gno sis活檢sclerosis: abno rmal harde ning硬化癥ano smia: loss of the sense of sme嗅 覺喪失a-osto process of making an openingastrostomy: surgical construction o

21、f an opening f my g into or a conn ecti on betwerom the surface of the abdome n in to the stomach en胃造口術(shù)造痿-oxia level of oxygen 氧水平 hypoxia: a low oxygen level or a lack of oxygen in body tissues組織缺氧-path disease; diseased condition ophthalmopathy: any eye disease艮病y-penia deficie ncyleukope nia: de

22、ficie ncy of leukocytes in the blood.Syn. leukocytope nia白細(xì)胞減少癥-pepsidigesti oneupepsia: good digestion?肖化良好a-pex a fixing or setting firmly in hepatopexy: surgical fixation of a displace liver肝 y place by suturing 縫合固定 固定術(shù)-phag eating; swallowing 吃,吞咽 dysphagia: difficulty in swallowing 吞咽困難 ia/pha

23、gy-phil attract ion 吸弓丨，具有吸引力 basophil: type of leucocyte or white blood cell wh 的事物ich con tai ns gran ules嗜堿性粒細(xì)胞-phob fearxen ophobia: irrati onal fear of stra ngers 對(duì)外國(guó)人ia的恐懼，憎-plasi formation; developmenthyperplasia: overdevelopment or enlargement of aan organ or tissue增生，數(shù)量型肥大-phon voicedysphon

24、ia: difficulty in speaking 發(fā)聲困難iaosteoplasty: surgical repair of the bone骨整形術(shù), 骨成形術(shù)thermoplegia: heat or sun srtoke熱射病-plas formation; growth or substa cytoplasm: jelly substanee in the cell纟田胞漿 mnee of formatio n-plast surgical repairy-pleg stroke; paralysis 中風(fēng)eup nea: no rmal breathi ng呼吸正常，平靜呼吸ia

25、-pnea breath ing -ptos a falling, the dropping or sa hepatoptosis: abnormally low position of the liver is gging of an organ器官下移 肝下垂-ptysi spitting 分散melanoptysis: spitting of the spleen 黑色痰液 ;咳s黑痰-poiesproducti onhemopoiesis:producti on of blood cells 造血作is用，生血作用-rrhag bursting forth of blood 出血 me

26、norrhagia: very heavy bleeding during menstru e/ation月經(jīng)過多-rrhagia-rrhap surgical sewing or suturing splenorrhaphy: suture of the spleen卑修補(bǔ)術(shù) hy-rrhea overflowhydrorrhea: watery discharge液溢-(o)rr splitting or rupture 撕裂，破 amniorrhexis: rupture of the amniotic ac hexis裂，疝氣羊膜破裂-sarcomalignant tumor deve

27、loping liposarcoma: malignant tumor containing fat ma from conn ective tissue脂肪肉瘤-schesa holdi ng back; suppressi on uroschesis: suppressi on of urin尿，尿潴留 is of discharge阻礙；抑制排dermatosclerosis: harde ning of the skir硬 皮病放-scler a hardeningosisstethoscope: an in strume nt for perform ing medicat e au

28、sculati on 聽診器-scop instrument for viewinge -scop process of exam ining visuallhepatoscopy: exam in ati on of the liver肝 檢查y y-spas involun tary con tracti onan giospasm: sudde n con tracti on of the muscles inma blood vessel 血管痙攣-stasis suppressi on; stoppage; con tremostasis: the arrest of bleed i

29、ngol; arrest抑制，中止止血，止血法-ste noab no rmal n arrowi ng of a du lary ngoste no sis: abno rmal n arrowi ng of the lary nx sis ct or canal管、道德異常狹 喉狹窄窄-stom surgical opening to the outsicolostomy: surgical operation to make an openingyde of the body 造口-tenti pressureon-thera treatme ntpy-ti on processfrom

30、 the colon 結(jié)腸造口術(shù)hyperte nti on: high blood pressure 高血壓physiotherapy: treatme nt of disease by physical m eans物理療法hospitalizatio n: the process of being hosipitalized 住院-tocia labor; birth 生產(chǎn)-tome tool for in cisi on-tomy process of cutt ing into -tropi turning 轉(zhuǎn)彎，變向embryotocia: aborti on 流產(chǎn)arthroto

31、me: in strume nt for cutt ing a joi nt 關(guān)節(jié)刀 gastrotomy: in cisi on of the stomach 胃切開術(shù) esotropia: turni ng in ward of the eye 內(nèi)斜視a-troph nourishment or developmentdystrophy: disorder caused by defective nutrition y of an organ器官的營(yíng)養(yǎng)、發(fā)or metabolism營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良育-uria a condition of the urine (小 dysuria: difficu

32、ltly in passing urine 排尿困難便)-versi turningoneversion: a turning outward夕卜翻，翻轉(zhuǎn)Here is a table of the most commonly used prefixesPrefix Meaning a-/a n- without; notExampleaphasia: the in ability to un dersta nd writte n or spo ken words or to speak meaningfully失語癥ab- away from ad- to; toward; n ear ac

33、ro- a point or tip alb- whiteaborti on: expulsi on from the uterus 流產(chǎn)adn asal: n ear the nos近鼻的acronyx: grow ing in to the flesh 嵌甲alb ino: a pers on lack ing no rmal pigme ntati on 白 發(fā)病者amb-/ both ambi-ambisexual、bisexual: (person) who is sexually attracted to bot h males and famales雙 性戀amphiboth;

34、both sides -/ampho-amphice ntric: beg inning and ending in the same v essel起止同源的血管ana- up; back againan abolism: process of buildi ng up complex chemi cal substances on the basis of simpler ones合 成代謝An gio a blood vesselan gioma: benign tumor formed of blood vessel 血-管瘤an te-beforeanten atal: duri n

35、g the period betwee n con ceptio n a nd childbirth出生前的，懷孕期的an ti-aga instan tidepressa nt: (drug) used to treat depressi on 抗 抑郁劑audi-heari ng; soundaudiometry: science of testing hearing聽力測(cè)定auto-selfautoa ntibody: an tibody formed to attack thebody' s own cells自身抗體bi-two; twicebicellular: two c

36、ells 兩室的bio-living organisms 生命體biochemistry: chemistry living tissues 生物化學(xué)brady slowbradycardia: slow rate of heart con tracti on, show n-by a slow pulse rate心 動(dòng)過緩carcin carci noma or cancer癌;瘤 carcinogen: a cancer-causing substanc致癌物cata- dow nwards; un der; aga in st; cataract: con diti on where

37、the lens of the eye gradualong withally becomes hard and opaque 內(nèi)障cen ti- one hun dredth 百分之一cen timeter: unit of measureme nt of len gth(=one h un dredth of a meter厘米co(n)-with or togetherconsanguin eous: blood relatio nship血親的，血緣 的，密切的con traaga instcon tracepti on: preve nti on of preg nancy by u

38、sing d-evices or drugs避 孕法，節(jié)育法de-removal or lossdecaffe in ated: (coffee) with the caffe ine removed 脫去咖啡因的deca-te ndecagram: ten gram#克deci-ten thdeciliter: unit of measurement of liquid(=one tenth of a little)1/10 公升di-twodiglossia: a double ton gue使 用兩種語言dia-through; between; apart; acrdiathermy:

39、 process of (treating) through heatoss透熱療法dis-reversal or separatedis in tegrate: to come to pieces分 解，破裂dys-bad; difficult; disordereddysarthrosis: deformity or malformatio n of a joi nt 關(guān)節(jié)變形echo-soundechocardiography: ultras ono graphy of the heart、 回波描記，超聲心動(dòng)描記術(shù)ect-/outside or outerecch on droma:

40、benign tumor on the surface of cartiecto-lage or bone外生軟骨瘤en-in; withineno stosis: benign growth in side a bone生骨疣endo-in sideen docardium: membra ne which lines the heart 心 內(nèi)膜epi-on; overery-redeso-in ward; with in（向內(nèi)）eu-goodex-/ e out ofxo-extra- outside hemi- halfhydro waterhyper higher or too mu

41、chhypo-less or too littlein-in or intoin-notinfra-below or ben eathin ter-betwee nin tra-in sideitro-intomal-bad or abno rmalmeta- cha ngesmicro very smallmid-middlemilli-one thousa ndthmis-error or wrongmulti-manyno ct-at ni ghtnona-nine or the nin ethepidermis: outer layer of skin 表皮 erythrocyte:

42、mature non-nu cleated red blood cell 紅細(xì)胞esotropia: turni ng in ward of the eye 內(nèi)斜視eugenics: study of how to improve the human race by gen etic selecti on 優(yōu)生學(xué) exhale: to breath out呼出extracapsular: outside a capsule!外的 hemiplegia: severe paralysis affect ing one side of t he body偏癱，半身麻痹，半身不遂hydrocele:

43、 collecti on of watery liquid found in a c avity such as the scrotum 陰囊積水 hyperglycaemia: excess of glucose in the blooc高 血糖癥hypokalaemia: deficiency of potassium in the bloo d低血鉀in breed ing: breedi ng betwee n a closely related ma le and female近親交配in cohere nt: not able to speak in a way which mak

44、e s sense語無倫次in frapatellar: below or ben eath the patella髕in terlobular: betwee n lobules 小葉間的in tramedullary: in side the bone marrow or spinal c ord髓內(nèi)introvert: person who thinks only about himself an d his own men tal state性 性格內(nèi)向的人 malfunction: abnormal working of an argan 機(jī)器 等運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)失常；失靈；出現(xiàn)故障metapl

45、asia: cha nge of one tissue to ano ther化生，轉(zhuǎn)化，組織變形microcyte: abnormally small red blood cell 小 紅 細(xì)胞midcarpal: betwee n the two rows of carpal bones 腕骨間的milligram: unit of measureme nt of weight 毫克 miscarriage: spontan eous abortion流產(chǎn) multigravida: a woma n who is preg nant and has b een pregnant at l

46、east twice before產(chǎn)孕婦 no cturia: pass ing abno rmally large qua ntity of uri ne whe n asleep in bed at ni gh夜 尿癥 nonagon: flat shape which has nine side九 邊形octa- eightoctan: every eight days八日 熱； 每隔八日 發(fā)一次 的odont teethodon tology: study of teeth and associated structur es, and their disorderson co- tu

47、mours oro- mouthoncology: scientific study of new gowths 腫瘤學(xué) orolingual: pertaining to the mouth and tongue 口 與舌的pachythicke ningpachysomia: condition where soft tissues of the bo dy become abno rmally thick 軀體肥厚pali-/ aga in st; pathologic repetitio pali ndromic: (disease) which recurspalin- n病態(tài)的重復(fù)

48、 pan-/ all pant-/pan to復(fù)發(fā)的，再發(fā)的pancytopenia: abnormal depression of all the cellu lar eleme nts of the blodd全血細(xì)胞減少癥para- similar to or near; changed oparalyse or paralyze: to weaken (muscles) so that tr beyondhey cannot fun cti on使麻痹，使癱瘓pen-/ five pen taper- throughpen tosuria: excretio n of pen tose

49、s in the urine 戊糖尿percuta neous: done or adm ini stered through the sk in經(jīng)皮的，由皮的peri- aroundpericystitis: inflammation of tissue around the bla dder膀胱周炎pero- deformed or defective 畸形 peromelia: congenital deformity of the limbs有缺陷的四肢不全phar drugsmaco-pharmacology: study of drugs or medici nes, and t heir action, properties and characteristic藥理學(xué)， 藥物學(xué)pleo-/ too many pleio-pleokaryocyte: con diti on where a greater tha n nor mal number of cells in cerebrospinal fluid 多核細(xì) 胞pluri- moreplurigla ndular: perta ining to or affect ing several gl ands多線性的pneu air