Medical Terminology: Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards

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a

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without

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an

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without

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anti

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against

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bi

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two or both

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circum

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around

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con

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with

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dia

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completley

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dis

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separate, apart

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ec

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away or out of

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en

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in

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ambi

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both

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ante

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before

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auto

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self

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brady

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slow

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cirrh

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yellow

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contra

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against

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dipl

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double

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dys

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painful, difficult

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ecto

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outside

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endo

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within

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epi

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above

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eu

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above

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eso

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inward

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exo

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outside

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hemi

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half

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heter

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different

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hyper

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above or over

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hypo

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below or under

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im

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not, without

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immun

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having immunity

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infra

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below, under

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inter

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between

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iso

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equal

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leuk

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white

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lip

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fat

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macro

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large

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mal

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poor

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medi

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middle

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melan

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black

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meso

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middle

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meta

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beyond, after

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micro

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small

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mid

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middle

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mono

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one

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multi

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many

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neo

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new

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pachy

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heavy, thick

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pan

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all

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para

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near, abnormal

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peri

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around

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poly

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many

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post

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after

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pre

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before

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pro

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before

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pseudo

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false

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retro

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after

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super

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above

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supra

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above

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sym, syn

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with

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tachy

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fast

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trans

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across

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tri

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three

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uni

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one

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xero

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dry

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-cele

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hernia, bulging

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectasis

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dilation

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-edema

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swelling

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-emesis

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vomitting

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-emia

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blood condition

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-esthenia

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lack of sensation

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-genic

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producing, forming

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-gram

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record

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-iarty

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treatment

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-icle

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small

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-lith

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stone

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-lysis

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breaking down

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor

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-opea, -opsia

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vision

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-orexia

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appetite

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-paresis

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partial paralysis

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-pathy

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disease

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phagia

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swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-philic

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attraction

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-plegia

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paralysis, stroke

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-pnea

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breathing

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-rrhage

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to burst

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-sclerosis

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hardness

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-stasis

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control, stop

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-stomy

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artificial opening

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-trophy

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nourishment, growth

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-urea

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urination