Medical Prefixes/Suffixes O-Z Flashcards
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oophoron
A
ovary
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opisth
A
backward
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Q
orchid
A
testicle
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Q
osis
A
condition, disease, intensive
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oste, oteo
A
a bone
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Q
ostomosis, ostomy
A
to furnish with a mouth or outlet
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otomy
A
cutting
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oxy
A
sharp, acid
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Q
pachy
A
thick
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pan
A
all, entire
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para
A
alongside of
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path, pathy
A
disease, suffering
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penia
A
lack
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per
A
excessive, through
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Q
peri
A
around
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phobia
A
fear
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phylaxis
A
protection
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plasm
A
to mold
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Q
plastic
A
molded, indicates restoration of lost or badly formed features
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plegia
A
a stroke
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plur
A
more
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plura
A
much, many
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post
A
after
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pre
A
before
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pro
before, in behalf of
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proto
first
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pseud, pseudo
false
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psych
the soul, the mind
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py, pyo
pus
30
re
back, again
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retro
backwar
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rhage, rhagia
hemorrhage, flow
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rhapy
a suturing or stitching
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rhea
to flow, indicates discharge
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succhar
sugar
36
sacro
sacrum
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salping, salpingo
a tube, relating to a fallopian tube
38
sarco
flesh
39
sclero
hard, relating to the sclera
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sclerosis
dryness, hardnes
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scopy
to see
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stomosis, stomy
to furnish with a mouth or outlet
43
sub
under
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super, supra
above
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syn
with , together
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tele
distant, far
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tetra
four
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thio
sulfur
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thyro
thyroid gland
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tomy
cutting
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trans
across
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tri
three
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trophic
relating to
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tropho
relating to nutrition
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uni
one
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uria
relating to the urine or urinary organs
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vaso
a vessel
58
center, ventro
the abdomen
59
xanth
yellow
