Medical Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
A
A
lacking
2
Q
Ab-
A
from
3
Q
Ad
A
towards
4
Q
-aemia
A
blood
5
Q
ante-
A
against/before
6
Q
Bi-
A
two
7
Q
-cele
A
swelling
8
Q
Cerebro-
A
brain
9
Q
Chole-
A
bile
10
Q
Derma-
A
skin
11
Q
Di-
A
two
12
Q
Dia-
A
across
13
Q
-Dura-
A
hard
14
Q
Dys-
A
badly functioning
15
Q
Ecto-
A
outer
16
Q
-ectomy
A
cutting out
17
Q
Endo-
A
inner
18
Q
Entro-
A
bowels
19
Q
Epi-
A
upon
20
Q
Erythro-
A
red
21
Q
Eu-
A
good easily functioning
22
Q
Gastro-
A
Stomach
23
Q
Haemo-
A
blood
24
Q
Hydro-
A
water
25
Hyper-
above high
26
Hypo-
below low
27
Inter-
Between
28
Intra-
within
29
-itis
inflammation
30
Lact-
milk
31
Leuco-
white
32
Loco-
Place
33
-lysis
breakdown
34
Macro-
large
35
Mega-
large
36
Melaen-
black
37
Meso-
middle
38
Micro-
small
39
Mono-
one
40
-morph
form
41
Myo-
muscle
42
Myco-
fungus
43
Necro-
Death
44
Nephro-
kidney
45
Neuro-
nerve
46
-ology
study of
47
-oma
tumour
48
-opia
sight
49
Ortho-
upright straight
50
-osis
disease
51
Osteo-
bone
52
Pan-
whole
53
Para-
beside
54
-path-
suffering sick
55
Per-
through
56
Peri-
around
57
-phobia
fear
58
Pneum-
air
59
Poly-
many
60
Post-
after
61
Pseudo-
false
62
Pyo-
pus
63
retro-
behind
64
-scope
view
65
Spondyl-
spine
66
-stasis
stoppage
67
-stomy
making an opening
68
Syn-
together
69
-therm
heat
70
-tomy
cutting
71
-tox-
poison
72
Tri-
three
73
Ultra-
beyond
