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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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What is a prefix?

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A single letter or group of letters attached to the front of a root word

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What is a suffix?

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A single letter or group of letters attached to the end of a root word.

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For medical terms, what does the prefix usually determine?

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Location, Time or Number

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For medical terms, what does the suffix usually determine?

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Condition,Disease, Procedure, or Treatment

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Aloveol

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Air Sac

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Arthr

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Joint

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Aur

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Ear

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Bi

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Life

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Cardi

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Heart

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Caud

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Tall

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Cephal

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Head

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Cervic

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Neck

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Col or Colon

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Large Intestine

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Cost

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Rip

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Cutane

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Skin

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Enter

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Small Intestine

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Gastr

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Stomach

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Glyc

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Sugar

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Hem

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Blood

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Hepat

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Liver

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Lip

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Fat

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Log

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Study

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My

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Muscle

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Nas

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Nose

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Nephr

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Kidney

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Neur

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Nerve

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Or

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Mouth

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Oste

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Bone

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Path

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Disease

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Pulmon

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Lungs

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Rhin

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Nose

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Sarc

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Connective Tissue

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Thorac

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Chest

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Uter

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Uterus

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a- or an-

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Not or without

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Ante-

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Before

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Anti-

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Against

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Bi-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Endo-

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Inside or within

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Epi-

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On or over or upon

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Hyper-

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Above or excessive

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Hypo-

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Below or deffecient

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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Within or into

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Peri-

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Around or surrounding

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Sub-

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Below or under

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Supra-

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Above

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Trans-

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Across

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Ultra-

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Beyond or excess

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-Ac,-Al,Ar,-Ary, -Lac, -Lal, Ic,-Ical,-Ior

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Pertaining to

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-Algia

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Pain

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-Cyte

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Cell

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-Ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-Emia

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Blood Condition

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-Gen

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Substances that produces

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-Ia

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Condition

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-Ine

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Substances (noun) or pertaining to (objective)

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-Itis

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Inflammation

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-Logist

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Specialist(one who studies)

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-Logy

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Study of

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-Megaly

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Enlargement

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-Oma

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Tumor or Mass

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-Osis

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Abnormal condition

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-Pathy

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Disease

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-Plasty

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Surgical Repair

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-Stomy

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Surgical Opening

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-Tomy

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Incision

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-Um

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Structure or Tissue

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