Medical Terminology Flashcards
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Pre-fix
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A word component placed in front of a root/word to change or modify its meaning.
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Suffix
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A word component added to the end of a root/word that changes or moifies its usage, function, or meaning.
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Root
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The basic element of a word, and it is the foundation on which the meaning of a word is built.
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Ab-
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Away from midline
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Acu-
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Needle
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Anti-
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Against
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Auto-
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Self
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Bi-
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Two, both, double
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Dys-
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abnormal, bad, painful
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Hemi-
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Half
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Hetero-
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Opposite, different
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Homo-
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Same, similar
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Hyster-
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uterus
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Men-
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Menstruation
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Quadri-
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Four
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Re-
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Back, again
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Super-
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Above, beyond
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Tri-
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Three
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A-, An-
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without, none
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Ad-
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toward/near midline
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Acro-
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extremities
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Ambi-
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on both sides
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Bio-
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Life
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Brady-
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Slow
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Circum-
around, encircling
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Contra
Against
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Dys-
Difficult, painful, bad, abnormal
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Endo-
Within
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Epi-
upon, over, above
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Ex-
out, out of
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Hyper-
Excessive, above, too much
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Hypo-
Less than, under, below
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Hydro-
fluid, water
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Poly-
many, much
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Inter-
between
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Post-
After, behind
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Intra-
Within
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Pro-
Before, infront of, forward
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Iso-
Equal
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Retro-
Behind, backward
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Mal-
bad, ill
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Sub-
under, below, beneath
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Meta-
After, beyond, change
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Supra-
Above, on the top side
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Multi-
Many
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Tachy-
fast
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Neo-
New or abnormal
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Trans-
Across, over
