Medical Terminology: Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards
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Q
a
A
without
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an
A
without
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anti
A
against
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bi
A
two or both
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circum
A
around
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con
A
with
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dia
A
completley
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dis
A
separate, apart
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ec
A
away or out of
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en
A
in
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ambi
A
both
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ante
A
before
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auto
A
self
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Q
brady
A
slow
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cirrh
A
yellow
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contra
A
against
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dipl
A
double
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dys
A
painful, difficult
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ecto
A
outside
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endo
A
within
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epi
A
above
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eu
A
above
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eso
A
inward
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exo
A
outside
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hemi
half
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heter
different
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hyper
above or over
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hypo
below or under
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im
not, without
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immun
having immunity
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infra
below, under
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inter
between
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iso
equal
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leuk
white
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lip
fat
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macro
large
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mal
poor
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medi
middle
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melan
black
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meso
middle
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meta
beyond, after
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micro
small
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mid
middle
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mono
one
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multi
many
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neo
new
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pachy
heavy, thick
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pan
all
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para
near, abnormal
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peri
around
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poly
many
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post
after
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pre
before
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pro
before
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pseudo
false
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retro
after
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super
above
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supra
above
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sym, syn
with
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tachy
fast
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trans
across
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tri
three
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uni
one
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xero
dry
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-asthenia
weakness
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-cele
hernia, bulging
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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-dynia
pain
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-ectasis
dilation
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-ectomy
surgical removal
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-edema
swelling
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-emesis
vomitting
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-emia
blood condition
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-esthenia
lack of sensation
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-genic
producing, forming
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-gram
record
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-iarty
treatment
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-icle
small
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-itis
inflammation
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-lepsy
seizure
83
-lith
stone
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-lysis
breaking down
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oma
tumor
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-opea, -opsia
vision
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-orexia
appetite
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-paresis
partial paralysis
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-pathy
disease
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-pepsia
digestion
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-phagia
swallowing
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-phasia
speech
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-philic
attraction
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-plegia
paralysis, stroke
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-pnea
breathing
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-rrhage
to burst
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-rrhea
discharge
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-sclerosis
hardness
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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-stasis
control, stop
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-stomy
artificial opening
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-trophy
nourishment, growth
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-urea
urination
