Chapter 1-3: suffixes & prefixes Flashcards by Abby Dennis

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endo-, intra-

A

in, within

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para-

A

near, beside, beyond

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-stenosis

A

narrowing, stricture

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult

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-phasia

A

speech

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hemi-

A

one half

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dis-, trans-

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through, across

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-emesis

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vomiting

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ad-

A

toward

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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tri-

A

three

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supra-

A

above, excessive, superior

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-ic, -al, -ac, -ior

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pertaining to, relating to

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ultra-

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excessive, beyond

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-emia

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blood condition

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-scope

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instrument for examining

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-scopy

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visual examination

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macro-

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large

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-phobia

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fear

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-metry

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act of measuring

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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circum-, peri-

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around

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-pathy

A

disease

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-toxic

A

poison

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dipl-, diplo

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double

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pre-, pro-

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before, in front of

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multi-, poly-

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many, much

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pseudo-

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false

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homeo-, homo-

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same

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hetero-

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different

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-itis

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inflammation

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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bi-

A

two

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-oma

A

tumor

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epi-

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above, upon

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ecto-, exo-, extra-

A

outside, outward

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primi-

A

first

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anti-, contra-

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against

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super-

A

upper, above

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quadri-

A

four

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mono-, uni-

A

one

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spasm-

A

involuntary contraction, twisting

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-phagia

A

eating, swallowing

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micro-

A

small

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-rrhea

A

discharge, flow

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a-, an-

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without, not

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-icle, -ole, -ule

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small, minute

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eu-

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good, normal

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post-

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after, behind

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ab-

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from, away from

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retro-

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backward, behind

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inter-

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between

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-clasis

A

to break, surgical fracture

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-desis

A

binding, fixation (of a joint or bone)

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-algia, -dynia

A

pain

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-lith

A

stone, calculus

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-malacia

A

softening

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-ectasis

A

dilation, expansion

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-rraphy

A

suture

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syn-

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union, together, joined

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-plasm, -plasia

A

formation, growth

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tachy-

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rapid

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brady-

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slow

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infra-, sub-

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under, below

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-penia

A

decrease, dificiency

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-iatry

A

medicine, treatment

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-osis

A

abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-tomy

A

incision

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-pexy

A

fixation (of an organ)

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-edema

A

swelling

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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-lysis

A

separation, destruction, loosening