Chapter 5 (suffix/prefix/root) Flashcards by Jacob Dale

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Broncho/pulma

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Lungs (root word)

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Cardi/o

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Heart (root word)

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Gastro

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Stomach (root word)

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Hepat/o

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Liver (root word)

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Neur/o

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Nerve (root word)

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Or

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Mouth/Oral (root word)

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Pneumo

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Air or lungs (root word)

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Hem-/Hemo-/Hemato

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Blood (prefix might also be root?)

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fibr/ous

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Fiber

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Ab-

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Away from (Prefix word)

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Ad-

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Toward (Prefix word)

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Ante-

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Before (Prefix word)

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Brady-

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Slow/Below normal (Prefix word)

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Contra-

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Against (Prefix word)

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Dys-

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Difficult or painful (Prefix word)

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Hyper-

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High (Prefix word)

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Hypo-

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Low (Prefix word)

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Inter-

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Between (Prefix word)

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Intra-

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Within/Inside (Prefix word)

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Peri-

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Around (Prefix word)

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Poly-

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Many (Prefix word)

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Post-

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After (Prefix word)

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Pre-

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Before (Prefix word)

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Sub-

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Below/under (Prefix word)

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Super/Supra-

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Excess/Too much of (Prefix word)

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Tachy-

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Above normal/rapid

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Dia-

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Through, Across, Between (Prefix word)

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Uni-

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One (Prefix word)

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-ac

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Pertaining to (Suffix word)

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-algia

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Pain (Suffix word)

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-emesis

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Vomiting (Suffix word)

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-pnea

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Breathing (Suffix word)

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-rrhea

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Discharge (Suffix word)

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-spasm

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Contraction (Suffix word)

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-al

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Pertaining to (Suffix word)

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-ist

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A specialist in (Suffix word)

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-ology

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Study of (Suffix word)

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-itis

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Inflammation (Suffix word)

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-plegia

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Paralysis (Suffix word)

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-iac

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Suffering from disease (Suffix word)

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-nia

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Abnormal Condition or state (Suffix word)

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-asis

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Medical condition or disease (Suffix word)

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-scopy

A

Examination or study with tool, usually. (Suffix word)