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-

A

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-

A

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-

A

Life

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Brady-

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Slow

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Circum-

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around, encircling

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Contra

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Against

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Dys-

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Difficult, painful, bad, abnormal

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Endo-

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Within

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Epi-

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upon, over, above

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Ex-

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out, out of

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above, too much

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Hypo-

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Less than, under, below

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Hydro-

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fluid, water

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Poly-

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many, much

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Inter-

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between

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Post-

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After, behind

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Intra-

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Within

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Pro-

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Before, infront of, forward

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Iso-

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Equal

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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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Mal-

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bad, ill

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Sub-

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under, below, beneath

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Meta-

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After, beyond, change

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Supra-

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Above, on the top side

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Multi-

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Many

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Tachy-

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fast

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Neo-

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New or abnormal

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Trans-

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Across, over