Medical Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

Nutrition

Growth

A
  • trophy

- tropic

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Temperature

A

Therm-

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Clot

A

Thrombo-

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With

A

Syn-

Sym-

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An opening, mouth

A

Stoma-

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Stagnation

Standing still

A

-stasis

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Spine

A

Spondy-

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Hardness

Scarring

A

Sclero-

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Flesh

A

Sarco-

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Nose

A

Rhino-

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Flowing

A
  • rrhagia

- rhea

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Kidney

A

Ren-

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13
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The mind

Mental

A

Psych-

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False

A

Pseudo-

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Nature

A

Physio-

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Disease

State

A

Patho-

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Q

Formed

A
  • plasm

- plasma

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Q

Growth

A

-plasia

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19
Q

Plants

A

Phyto-

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Vein

A

Phleb-

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21
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Affinity

A

-philia-

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22
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Eating

A

Phagia-

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Around

A

Peri-

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Alongside

Near

A

Para-

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25
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Bone

A

Osteo-

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Pathological condition

A

-osis

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27
Q

Testes

A

Orchi-

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28
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Tumor

A

-Oma

Onco-

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Resembles

A

-oid

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Nerve

A

Neuro-

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Kidney

A

Nephro-

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32
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New

A

Neo-

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33
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Death

A

Necro-

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Stupor

A

Narco-

35
Q

Muscle

A

Myo-

36
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Marrow

Spinal cord

A

Mye-

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Fungus

A

Myco-

38
Q

Small

A

Micro-

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Mother (uterus)

A

Metr-

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Month

A

Meno-

41
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Large

A

Mega-

42
Q

Destruction

A
  • lysis

- lyso

43
Q

Study

A

-logy

44
Q

Rock

A

Litho-

45
Q

Fat

A

Lipo-

46
Q

White

A

Leuko-

47
Q

Inflammation

A

-itis

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Q

Seizure

A

-lepsis

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Q

Below

Too little

A

Hypo-

50
Q

Above

Too much

A

Hyper-

51
Q

Water

A

Hydro-

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Q

Liver

A

Hepat-

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Q

Half

A

Hemi-

54
Q

Blood

A

Hemo-

55
Q

Recording

Writing

A

-graphy

56
Q

Relating to sugar

A

Glyco-

57
Q

Beginning

Producing

A

-gen

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Q

Out of

A

Ex-

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Q

Red

A

Erythr-

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Q

Upon

A

Epi-

61
Q

Inside

A

Endo-

62
Q

Blood

A

-emia

63
Q

Outside

Removal

A

Ecto-

-ectomy

64
Q

Difficulty

A

Dys-

65
Q

Through

A

Dia-

66
Q

Skin

A

Derm-

67
Q

People

A

Demo-

68
Q

Hollow organ

A

Cyst

69
Q

Against

A

Contra-

70
Q

With

Together

A

Com-

Con-

71
Q

Bile

A

Chole

72
Q

Head

Brain

A

Cep-

Ceph-

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Q

Neck

A

Cervi-

Cervico-

74
Q

Heart

A

Cardio-

75
Q

Crab (cancer)

A

Carcin-

76
Q

Slow

A

Brady-

77
Q

Joint

A

Arthr-

78
Q

Blood or lymph vessels

A

Angio-

79
Q

Pain

A

-algia

80
Q

Glandular

A

Adeno-

81
Q

Extremity

A

Acro-

82
Q

Without

A

A-

An-

83
Q

Vaso-

A

Blood Vessel