Medical Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards by Kayla Hall

Q

Nutrition

Growth

A

trophy

- tropic

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Temperature

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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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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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Formed

A

plasm

- plasma

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Growth

A

-plasia

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Plants

A

Phyto-

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Vein

A

Phleb-

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Affinity

A

-philia-

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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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Bone

Osteo-

Pathological condition

-osis

Testes

Orchi-

Tumor

-Oma | Onco-

Resembles

-oid

Nerve

Neuro-

Kidney

Nephro-

New

Neo-

Death

Necro-

Stupor

Narco-

Muscle

Myo-

Marrow | Spinal cord

Mye-

Fungus

Myco-

Small

Micro-

Mother (uterus)

Metr-

Month

Meno-

Large

Mega-

Destruction

- lysis | - lyso

Study

-logy

Rock

Litho-

Fat

Lipo-

White

Leuko-

Inflammation

-itis

Seizure

-lepsis

Below | Too little

Hypo-

Above | Too much

Hyper-

Water

Hydro-

Liver

Hepat-

Half

Hemi-

Blood

Hemo-

Recording | Writing

-graphy

Relating to sugar

Glyco-

Beginning | Producing

-gen

Out of

Ex-

Red

Erythr-

Upon

Epi-

Inside

Endo-

Blood

-emia

Outside | Removal

Ecto- | -ectomy

Difficulty

Dys-

Through

Dia-

Skin

Derm-

People

Demo-

Hollow organ

Cyst

Against

Contra-

With | Together

Com- | Con-

Bile

Chole

Head | Brain

Cep- | Ceph-

Neck

Cervi- | Cervico-

Heart

Cardio-

Crab (cancer)

Carcin-

Slow

Brady-

Joint

Arthr-

Blood or lymph vessels

Angio-

Pain

-algia

Glandular

Adeno-

Extremity

Acro-

Without

A- | An-

Vaso-

Blood Vessel