Medical prefixes, suffixes and roots Flashcards
<p>a-/an-</p>
<p>'lack of ' as in:</p>
<p>agranulocyte</p>
<p>anaemia</p>
<p>anuria</p>
<p>asystole</p>
<p>ab-</p>
<p>'away from' as in:</p>
<p>abduct</p>
<p>ad-</p>
<p>'towards' as in:</p>
<p>adduct</p>
<p>-aemia</p>
<p>'of the blood' as in:</p>
<p>anaemia</p>
<p>hypovolaemia</p>
<p>hypoxaemia</p>
<p>uraemia</p>
<p>angio-</p>
<p>'vessel' as in:</p>
<p>angiotensin</p>
<p>haemangioma</p>
<p>ante-</p>
<p>'before, in front of' as in:</p>
<p>anterior</p>
<p>anti-</p>
<p>'against' as in:</p>
<p>anticoagulant</p>
<p>antidiuretic</p>
<p>antigen</p>
<p>antimicrobial</p>
<p>baro-</p>
<p>'pressure' as in:</p>
<p>baroreceptor</p>
<p>-blast</p>
<p>'germ, bud' as in:</p>
<p>osteoblast</p>
<p>fibroblast</p>
<p>brady-</p>
<p>'slow' as in:</p>
<p>bradycardia</p>
<p>broncho-</p>
<p>'bronchus' as in:</p>
<p>bronchiole</p>
<p>bronchitis</p>
<p>bronchus</p>
<p>card-</p>
<p>'heart' as in:</p>
<p>cardiac</p>
<p>myocardium</p>
<p>tachycardia</p>
<p>chole-</p>
<p>'bile' as in:</p>
<p>cholangitis</p>
<p>cholecystitis</p>
<p>cholecystokinin</p>
<p>circum-</p>
<p>'around' as in:</p>
<p>circumduction</p>
<p>cyto-/-cyte</p>
<p>'cell' as in:</p>
<p>cytoplasm</p>
<p>cytosol</p>
<p>cytotoxic</p>
<p>erythrocyte</p>
<p>derm-</p>
<p>'skin' as in:</p>
<p>dermatitis</p>
<p>dermatome</p>
<p>dermis</p>
<p>di-</p>
<p>'two' as in:</p>
<p>diencephalon</p>
<p>disaccharide</p>
<p>dys-</p>
<p>'difficult' as in:</p>
<p>dysmenorrhoea</p>
<p>dysplasia</p>
<p>dyspnoea</p>
<p>dysuria</p>
<p>-ema</p>
<p>'swelling' as in:</p>
<p>emphysema</p>
<p>lymphoedema</p>
<p>oedema</p>
<p>endo-</p>
<p>'inner' as in:</p>
<p>endocrine</p>
<p>endocytosis</p>
<p>endothelium</p>
<p>enter-</p>
<p>'intestine' as in:</p>
<p>enterokinase</p>
<p>gastroenteritis</p>
<p>epi-</p>
<p>'on, upon' as in:</p>
<p>epicardium</p>
<p>epimysium</p>
<p>erythro-</p>
<p>'red' as in:</p>
<p>erythrocyte</p>
<p>erythropoiesis</p>
<p>erythropoietin</p>
<p>exo-</p>
<p>'outside' as in:</p>
<p>exocytosis</p>
<p>exophthalmos</p>
<p>extra-</p>
<p>'outside' as in:</p>
<p>extracellular</p>
<p>extrapyramidal</p>
<p>-fferent</p>
<p>'carrying' as in:</p>
<p>afferent</p>
<p>efferent</p>
<p>gast-</p>
<p>'stomach' as in:</p>
<p>gastric</p>
<p>gastrin</p>
<p>gastritis</p>
<p>gastrointestinal</p>
<p>-gen</p>
<p>'origin/production' as in:</p>
<p>allergen</p>
<p>antigen</p>
<p>gene</p>
<p>genetic</p>
<p>genome</p>
<p>pathogen</p>
<p>-globin</p>
<p>'protein' as in:</p>
<p>haemoglobin</p>
<p>myoglobin</p>
<p>haem-</p>
<p>'blood' as in:</p>
<p>haemolytic</p>
<p>haemorrhage</p>
<p>haemostasis</p>
<p>hepat-</p>
<p>'liver' as in:</p>
<p>hepatic</p>
<p>hepatitis</p>
<p>hepatocyte</p>
<p>hepatomegaly</p>
<p>hetero-</p>
<p>'different' as in:</p>
<p>heterozygous</p>
<p>homo-</p>
<p>'the same, steady' as in:</p>
<p>homologous</p>
<p>homozygous</p>
<p>-hydr-</p>
<p>'water' as in:</p>
<p>dehydration</p>
<p>hydrocephalus</p>
<p>hydrostatic</p>
<p>hyper-</p>
<p>'excess/above' as in:</p>
<p>hypercapnia</p>
<p>hypertension</p>
<p>hypertrophy</p>
<p>hypo-</p>
<p>'below/under' as in:</p>
<p>hypoglycaemia</p>
<p>hypotenstion</p>
<p>hypovolaemia</p>
<p>intra-</p>
<p>'within' as in:</p>
<p>intracellular</p>
<p>intracranial</p>
<p>intraocular</p>
<p>-ism</p>
<p>'condition' as in:</p>
<p>embolism</p>
<p>hyperthyroidism</p>
<p>rheumatism</p>
<p>-itis</p>
<p>'inflammation' as in:</p>
<p>appendicitis</p>
<p>cystitis</p>
<p>gastritis</p>
<p>hepatitis</p>
<p>lact-</p>
<p>'milk' as in:</p>
<p>lactation</p>
<p>lacteal</p>
<p>lactic</p>
<p>lymph-</p>
<p>'lymph tissue' as in:</p>
<p>lymphatic</p>
<p>lymphocyte</p>
<p>lymphoedema</p>
<p>lyso-/-lysis</p>
<p>'breaking down' as in:</p>
<p>glycolysis</p>
<p>lysosome</p>
<p>lysozyme</p>
<p>-mega-</p>
<p>'large' as in:</p>
<p>acromegaly</p>
<p>hepatomegaly</p>
<p>megaloblast,splenomegaly</p>
<p>micro-</p>
<p>'small' as in:</p>
<p>microbe</p>
<p>microtubule</p>
<p>microvilli</p>
<p>myo-</p>
<p>'muscle' as in:</p>
<p>myocardium</p>
<p>myoglobin</p>
<p>myopathy</p>
<p>myosin</p>
<p>neo-</p>
<p>'new' as in:</p>
<p>gluconeogenesis</p>
<p>neonate</p>
<p>neoplasm</p>
<p>nephro-</p>
<p>'kidney' as in:</p>
<p>nephroblastoma</p>
<p>nephron</p>
<p>nephrosis</p>
<p>nephrotic</p>
<p>neuro-</p>
<p>'nerve' as in:</p>
<p>neuralgia</p>
<p>neurone</p>
<p>neuropathy</p>
<p>-oid</p>
<p>'resembling' as in:</p>
<p>myeloid</p>
<p>sesamoid</p>
<p>sigmoid</p>
<p>olig-</p>
<p>'small' as in:</p>
<p>oliguria</p>
<p>-ology</p>
<p>'study of' as in:</p>
<p>cardiology</p>
<p>neurology</p>
<p>physiology</p>
<p>-oma</p>
<p>'tumour' as in:</p>
<p>carcinoma</p>
<p>osteoma</p>
<p>melanoma</p>
<p>-ophth-</p>
<p>'eye' as in:</p>
<p>exophthalmos</p>
<p>ophthalmic</p>
<p>xerophthalmia</p>
<p>-ory</p>
<p>'referring to' as in:</p>
<p>auditory</p>
<p>gustatory</p>
<p>secretory</p>
<p>sensory</p>
<p>os-, osteo-</p>
<p>'bone' as in:</p>
<p>osteoarthritis</p>
<p>osteocyte</p>
<p>osteoporosis</p>
<p>-path-</p>
<p>'disease' as in:</p>
<p>nephropathy</p>
<p>neuropathy</p>
<p>pathogenesis</p>
<p>-penia</p>
<p>'deficiency of' as in:</p>
<p>leukopenia</p>
<p>thrombocytopenia</p>
<p>phag(o)-</p>
<p>'eating' as in:</p>
<p>phagocyte</p>
<p>phagocytic</p>
<p>-plasm</p>
<p>'substance' as in:</p>
<p>cytoplasm</p>
<p>neoplasm</p>
<p>pneumo-</p>
<p>'lung/air' as in:</p>
<p>pneumonia</p>
<p>pneumothorax</p>
<p>poly-</p>
<p>'many' as in:</p>
<p>polycythaemia</p>
<p>polypeptide</p>
<p>polyuria</p>
<p>-rrhagia</p>
<p>'excessive flow' as in:</p>
<p>menorrhagia</p>
<p>-rrhoea</p>
<p>'discharge' as in:</p>
<p>diarrhoea</p>
<p>dysmenorrhoea</p>
<p>rhinorrhoea</p>
<p>sarco-</p>
<p>'muscle' as in:</p>
<p>sarcomere</p>
<p>sarcoplasm</p>
<p>-scier</p>
<p>'hard' as in:</p>
<p>arteriosclerosis</p>
<p>scleroderma</p>
<p>sub-</p>
<p>'under' as in:</p>
<p>subarachnoid</p>
<p>sublingual</p>
<p>subphrenic</p>
<p>tachy-</p>
<p>'excessively fast' as in:</p>
<p>tachycardia</p>
<p>tachypnoea</p>
<p>thrombo-</p>
<p>'clot' as in:</p>
<p>thrombin</p>
<p>thrombocyte</p>
<p>thrombosis</p>
<p>thrombus</p>
<p>-tox-</p>
<p>'poison' as in:</p>
<p>cytotoxic</p>
<p>hepatotoxic</p>
<p>toxin</p>
<p>tri-</p>
<p>'three' as in:</p>
<p>trigeminal</p>
<p>tripeptide</p>
<p>trisaccharide</p>
<p>-uria</p>
<p>'urine' as in:</p>
<p>anuria</p>
<p>haematuria</p>
<p>nocturia</p>
<p>polyuria</p>
<p>oliguria</p>
<p>vas, vaso-</p>
<p>'vessel' as in:</p>
<p>vascular</p>
<p>vasoconstriction</p>
