Medical Suffixes, Prefixes, and Roots Flashcards

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ac

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pertaining to

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al

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pertaining to

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ana

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apart

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ante

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before, in front of

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anti

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against, counteracting

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ase

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enzyme

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auto

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self, same

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bio

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life

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brady

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slowness

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caud

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pertaining to the tail

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cide

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killing, killer

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circum

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around, surrounding

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crani

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skull

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cyt

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cell

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dist

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distant

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dors

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back

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dys

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bad, difficult

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ectomy

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surgical removal

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emia

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blood

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endo

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within, inner

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epi

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above

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genic

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producing, forming

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algia

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pain

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hemi

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half

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hyper

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above normal

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hypo

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below normal

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inter

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between

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intra

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within, inside

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itis

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inflammation

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later

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side

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medi

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middle

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megaly

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irregular enlargement

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mono

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single, one

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ologist

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specialist

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ology

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the study of

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oma

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swelling, tumor

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osis

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disease

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ostomy

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surgical opening

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otomy

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surgical removal

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ous

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pertaining to

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pariet

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wall

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path

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affected by disease

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peri

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around

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plasty

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surgical restoration

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proxim

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proximal

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retro

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backward, behind

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scope

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instrument for viewing

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semi

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partial

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ser

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watery

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sub

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under, beneath

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tom

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cutting

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trans

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across, beyond

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ventr

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belly, front side

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viscer

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guts, internal organs