MBC 180 Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
epi-
A
on/upon
2
Q
hyper-
A
over
3
Q
hypo-
A
under
4
Q
intra-
A
within
5
Q
para-
A
beside
6
Q
per-
A
through
7
Q
peri-
A
surrounding
8
Q
sub-
A
under
9
Q
-coccus
A
spherical bacterium
10
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
11
Q
-ia
A
condition
12
Q
-malacia
A
softening
13
Q
-opsy
A
view of
14
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
15
Q
-rrhea
A
discharge
16
Q
-tome
A
an instrument to cut
17
Q
-tomy
A
to cut
18
Q
inter-
A
between
19
Q
supra-
A
above
20
Q
sym-, syn-
A
together
21
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
22
Q
-blast
A
embryonic
23
Q
-clast, -clasia, -clasis
A
break
24
Q
-desis
A
bind together
25
Q
-listhesia
A
slipping
26
Q
-malacia
A
softening
27
Q
-physis
A
to grow
28
Q
-porosis
A
passage, cavity formation
29
Q
-schisis
A
split
30
Q
-stenosis
A
narrowing
31
Q
-tome
A
instrument that cuts
32
Q
-tomy
A
incision
33
Q
a-, an-
A
not
34
Q
endo-
A
within
35
Q
eu-
A
good
36
Q
dys-
A
difficult
37
Q
pan-
A
all
38
Q
poly-
A
many
39
Q
-algia
A
pain
40
Q
-ar, -ary, -eal
A
pertaining to
41
Q
-capnia
A
carbon dioxide
42
Q
-centesis
A
puncture to remove (drain)
43
Q
-dynia
A
pain
44
Q
-ectasis
A
stretching
45
Q
-emia
A
blood
46
Q
-gram
A
record
