Medical prefixes/suffixes/roots Flashcards by Elizabeth Seal

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a-

A

no; not; without

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aden/o

A

gland

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-algesia

A

sensitivity to pain

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-algia

A

pain

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angio

A

vessel

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ante-

A

before; forward

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antero

A

front

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-apheresis

A

removal

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-blastoma

A

immature tumor (cells)

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brady-

A

slow

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broncho

A

bronchial tube

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cephalo

A

head

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cerebro

A

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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chezia

A

defecation; elimination of wastes

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chol/e

A

bile; gall

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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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-cidal

A

pertaining to killing

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circum-

A

around

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cutane/o

A

skin

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-cyte

A

cell

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-derma

A

skin

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dys-

A

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

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-ectomy

A

removal; excision; resection

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-edema

A

swelling

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-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

endo-

in; within

epi-

above; upon; on

erythro

red

eschar

scab

eti-

cause

eu-

normal; good

ex(o)-

out; away from

extra-

outside

fasci/o

fascia (membrane supporting muscles)

febr/i

fever

flex/o

to bend

gastr/o

stomach

geni/o

reproduction

ger/o

old age

gest/o

pregnancy

gingiv/o

gums

-globin/-globulin

protein

gluc/o

glucose; sugar

gravid/o

pregnancy

hem/o and hemat(o)

blood

hemi-

half

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hyper-

above; excessive

hyster/o

uterus; womb

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

jaund/o

yellow

-kinesis

movement

kyph/o

humpback

lacrim/o

tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct

later/o

side

leuk/o

white

lith/o

stone, calculus

-lithotomy

incision (for removal) of a stone

-lysis

breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening

macro-

large

mal-

bad

-malacia

softening

medi/o

middle

-megaly

enlargement

meta-

change; beyond

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

noct/o

night

nulli-

none

obstetr/o

pregnancy; birth

ocul/o

eye

olig/o

scant

-oma

tumor; mass; fluid collection

onych/o

nail (of fingers or toes)

ophthalm/o

eye

-opia

vision condition

-orexia

appetite

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

oste/o

bone

oto-

ear

ox-

oxygen

palp/o, palpat/o

to touch gently

-paresis

weakness

-partum

labor/birth