MED 121 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 - Roots, suffixes, prefixes Flashcards
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pneum
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lung or air
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-chezia
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pass a stool
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-crit
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to separate
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-lysis
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destruction
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-philia
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attraction
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-ptysis
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spit
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-rrhage
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to flow profusely
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-rrhoid
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to flow
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-uria
A
urine
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surgical suffixes
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produce medical terms that describe the invasive surgical procedure performed on the body
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respir
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to breathe
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bronch
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bronchus
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hem
A
blood
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-logist
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one who studies
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-logy
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study of
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-scopy
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visual examination
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diagnostic suffixes
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diagnosis or a procedure or test to identity the nature of an illness
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-gram
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record
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-desis
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fixation
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rraphy
surgical suture
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-stomy
surgical formation of an opening
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-tomy
surgical incision
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-tripsy
crushing
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pathologic suffixes
produces a medical term that describes a symptom or sign of a disease process
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-algia
pain
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-ectasis
dilation
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-edema
accumulation of fluid in tissues
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-emesis
vomiting
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-genesis
form, produce
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-itis
inflammation
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-oma
tumor, mass
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
deficiency, lack of
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-phobia
fear of
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-stenosis
narrowing
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adjectival suffixes
mean pertaining to; used as adjectives to describe the root
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list the adjectival suffixes
-ac, -al, -ale, -alis, -ar, -aris, -ary, -atic, -ative, -eal, -ent, -etic, -ial, -ic, -ica, -ical, -ine, -ior, iosum, -ious, -istic, -ius, -nic, -ous, -tic, -tiz, -tous, -us
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noun suffixes
maintain the root or combining form as a noun
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-iatry
treatment, medical specialty
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-ician
expert, specialist
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-icle
small, minute
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-ist
expert, specialist
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-istry
medical specialty
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-ole
small, minute
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-ule
small, minute
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prefixes of position
a place or location
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ante-
before, forward
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anti-
against
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circum-
around
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endo-
inside, inner
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epi-
above, over, upon
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exo-
outside, outward
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hyper-
above, excessive
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hypo-
below
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inter-
between
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intra-
inside, within
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para-
adjacent, alongside
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peri-
around
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post-
after
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pre-
before
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retro-
backward
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supra-
above, excessive
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trans-
across, through
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ultra-
higher, beyond
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prefixes of number and measurement
describe an amount, size, or degree of involvement
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bi-
two, twice, double
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brady-
slow
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di-
two
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eu-
normal
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hemi-
half
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macro-
large
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micro-
small
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mono-
single, one
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multi-
many
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pan-
all
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poly-
excessive
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primi-
first
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quadri-
four
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tachy-
rapid
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tri-
three
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uni-
single, one
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prefixes of direction and location
give direction
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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ante-
coming before, in front of
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post-
coming after, behind
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sub-
under, beneath
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syn-
coming together
