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Common roots, suffixes, and prefixes Flashcards

1
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arthr/o

A

joint

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cardi/o

A

heart

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enter/o

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small intestine

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hepat/o

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liver

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neur/o

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nerve

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hem/o or hemat/o

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blood

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my/o or muscul/o

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muscle

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angi/o vas/o vascul/o

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vessel

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10
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derm/o dermat/o cutane/o

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skin

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pneum/o pneumon/o pulmon/o

A

lung

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12
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gen/o

A

creation, cause

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13
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hydr/o

A

water

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morph/o

A

change

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15
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myc/o

A

fungus

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16
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necr/o

A

death

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17
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orth/o

A

straight

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18
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path/o

A

suffering, disease

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19
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phag/o

A

eat

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20
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plas/o

A

formation

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21
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py/o

A

pus

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22
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scler/o

A

hard

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23
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sten/o

A

narrowing

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24
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troph/o

A

nourishment, development

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25
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xen/o

A

foreign

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26
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-ac

A

pertaining to

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27
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-al

A

pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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30
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-eal

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pertaining to

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31
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-ic

A

pertaining to

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32
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-tic

A

pertaining to

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33
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-ous

A

pertaining to

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34
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-ia

A

condition

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35
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-ism

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condition

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36
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-ium

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tissue, structure

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37
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-y

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condition, procedure

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38
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-algia

A

pain

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39
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-dynia

A

pain

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40
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-cele

A

hernia

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-emia

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blood condition

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-iasis

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presence of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lysis

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loosen, break down

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

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-osis

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-pathy

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-ptosis

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-rrhage

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excessive flow

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-rrhgia

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excessive flow

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-rrhea

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-rrhexis

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

58
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-centesis

59
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-gram

A

written record

60
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-graph

A

instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

A

writing procedure

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-meter

A

instrument used to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

64
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-scope

A

instrument used to look

65
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-scopy

A

process of looking

66
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-desis

A

binding, fixation

67
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-ectomy

68
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasty

A

reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

71
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-stomy

A

creation of an opening

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-tomy

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a-

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an-

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anti-

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contra-

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de-

A

down, away from

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ante-

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pre-

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pro-

A

before, on behalf of

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brady-

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tachy-

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post-

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re-

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ab-

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ad-

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circum-

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peri-

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dia-

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trans-

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e-

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ec-

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ex-

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ecto-

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exo-

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extra-

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en-

A

in, inside

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endo-

A

in, inside

99
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intra-

A

in, inside

100
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