MT prefixes/suffixes Flashcards
Carcin/o
Cancer
Aden/o
Gland
Cardi/o
Heart
Chem/o
Chemical
Cis/o
To Cut
Dermat/o
Skin
Enter/o
Small intestine
Gastr/o
Stomach
Gynec/o
Female
Hemat/o
Blood
Hydr/o
Water
Immun/o
Immune
Laryng/o
Voice box
Morph/o
Shape
Nephr/o
Kidney
Neur/o
Nerve
Ophthalm/o
Eye
Ot/o
Ear
Path/o
Disease
Pulmon/o
Lung
Rhin/o
Nose
Ur/o
Urine, urinary tract
Anti-
Against
Auto-
Self
Brady-
Slow
Dys-
Painful, difficult
Endo-
Within, inner
Epi-
Upon, over
Eu-
Normal, good
Hetero-
Different
Homo-
Same
Hyper-
Over, above
Hypo-
Under, below
Infra-
Under, beneath, below
Inter-
Among, between
Intra-
Within, inside
Macro-
Large
Micro-
Small
Neo-
New
Pan-
All
Para-
Beside, beyond, near
Per-
Through
Peri-
Around
Post-
After
Pre-
Before, in front of
Pseudo-
False
Retro-
Backward, behind
Sub-
Under, below
Super-
Above, excess
Supra-
Above
Tachy-
Rapid, fast
Trans-
Through, across
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
A-
Without, away from
An-
Without
Ante-
Before, in front of
Bi-
Two
Hemi-
Half
Mono-
One
Multi-
Many
Nulli-
None
Poly-
Many
Quad-
Four
Semi-
Partial, half
Tri-
Three
Uni-
One
-algia
Pain
-cele
Hernia, protrusion
-cise
Cut
-cute
Cell
-dynia
Pain
-ectasis
Dilation
-gen
That which produces
-genesis
Produces, generates
-genic
Producing, produced by
-ia
State, condition
-iasis
Abnormal condition
-ism
State of
-itis
Inflammation
-logist
One who studies
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Destruction
-malacia
Abnormal softening
-megaly
Enlargement, large
-Oma
Tumor, mass
-pathy
Disease
-plasia
Development growth
-plasm
Formation, development
-ptosis
Drooping
-rrhage
Excessive, abnormal flow
-rrhea
Discharge, flow
-rrhexis
Rupture
-sclerosis
Hardening
-stenosis
Narrowing
-therapy
Treatment
-trophy
Nourishment, development
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