Chapter 1 - Affixes Flashcards
Study the prefixes and suffixes presented in Chapter 1.
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-ac
A
pertaining to
2
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-al
A
pertaining to
3
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-ar
A
pertaining to
4
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-ary
A
pertaining to
5
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-ation
A
process, having
6
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal
7
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-gram
A
picture, record
8
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-graphy
A
process of recording a picture
9
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-ia
A
condition, state
10
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-iatry
A
medical treatment
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-ic
A
pertaining to
12
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-ic
A
knowledge, practice
13
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-ine
A
thing pertaining to
14
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-ion
A
action, condition
15
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-ism
A
disease with a cause
16
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-ist
A
person who specializes in something
17
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-itis
A
infection or inflammation
18
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-ive
A
pertaining to
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-logy
A
study of something
20
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-megaly
A
enlargement
21
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-metry
A
measurement
22
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-oma
A
mass or tumor
23
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-osis
A
condition, process
24
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-ous
A
pertaining to
25
-pathy
disease
26
-scope
instrument used to examine
27
-scopy
process of using an instrument to examine
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-stomy
surgical opening
29
-therapy
treatment
30
-tomy
cutting, incision
31
a-
away from, without
32
an-
not, against
33
anti-
against
34
bi-
two
35
brady-
slow
36
de-
reversal, without
37
dys-
abnormal, painful
38
endo-
innermost, within
39
epi-
above, upon
40
eu-
good, normal
41
hemi-
half
42
hyper-
more than normal, excessive
43
hypo-
less than normal, deficient
44
inter-
between (two things)
45
intra-
within (one thing)
46
mal-
bad, inadequate
47
peri-
around
48
poly-
many
49
post-
after, behind (back)
50
pre-
before, front of
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quadri-
four
52
re-
again, backwards, unable to
53
sub-
below, beneath
54
tachy-
fast
55
trans-
across, through
56
tri-
three
57
cis-
on this side of
