MED TERM- roots, prefixes, & suffixes Flashcards
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-ac, -al
A
pertaining to
cardiac
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-an, -ar, -ary
A
pertaining to
ovarian, cellular
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aden/o
A
gland
adenocarcinoma
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-algesia
A
sensitivity to pain
analgesia
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-algia
A
pain
fibromyalgia
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ana-
A
up against; backward; again; anew
anaphylactic
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angi/o
A
vessel (blood)
angiogram
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carcin/o
A
cancerous; cancer
carcinoma
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-cele, coele
A
swelling, hernia
bronchocele
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
thoracentesis
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cervic/o
A
neck
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chol/e
A
bile; gall
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cholecyst/o
A
gall bladder
cholecystitis
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comi/o
A
to care for
nosocomial
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cost/o
A
rib
intercostal
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cran/i
A
skull
cranial
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cyst/o
A
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
cystogram
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de-
A
lack of, less
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dist/o
A
far; distant
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dys-
A
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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-ectomy
A
removal; excision; resection
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emia
A
blood condition
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-emic
A
pertaining to blood condition
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enter/o
A
intestines (usually small)
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erythem/o
flushed; redness
| erythemic
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-esis
action; condition; state of
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gastr/o
stomach
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-gram
record
| angiogram
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-graphy
process of recording
| radiography
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-ia
condition
| hyperthermia
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-iac, -ic, -ine, -ior
pertaining to
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-iasis
abnormal condition
| psoriasis
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ile/o
ileum
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inguin/o
groin
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-ism
process; condition
| alchoholism
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-ist
specialist
| respiratory therapist
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kal/i
potassium
| hyperkalemia
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ket/o
ketones; acteones
| ketoacidosis
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kyph/o
hunch back
| kyphosis
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lapar/o
abdominal wall; abdomen
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lob/o
lobe
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melan/o
black
| melanoma
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my/o
muscle
| myocardium
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narc/o
sleep
| narcotic
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natr/o
sodium
| hypernatremia
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nephr/o
kidney
| nephrotoxic
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neur/o
nerve
| neurologist
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norm/o
rule; order
| normotensive
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nos/o
infection
| nosocomial
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-oid
resembling; derived from
| thyroid
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olig/o
slight
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-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
| carcinoma
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onc/o
tumor
| oncology
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oophor/o
ovary
| oophorectomy
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
| thrombosis
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ot/o
ear
| ototoxic
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-ous
pertaining to
| cancerous
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para-
near; beside; apart from; along side of
| paraplegic
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-paresis
weakness
| hemiparesis
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path/o
disease
| pathophysiology
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-pathy
disease; emotion
| neuropathy, empathy
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-phagia
eating; swallowing
| dysphagia (G for gastro)
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-phaso/ia
speech
| dysphasia (s for speech)
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-plasia
development; formation; growth
| hyperplasia
65
-plasty
surgical repair
| rhinoplasty
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-plegia/ic
paralysis; palsy
| paraplegia, hemiplegic
