Pre, Roots, Suff for Disease Flashcards
1
Q
alg/o
A
pain
2
Q
algi/o
A
pain
3
Q
algesi/o
A
pain
4
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer, carcinoma
5
Q
cyst/o
A
filled sac or pouch, cyst, OR bladder
6
Q
lith
A
calculus, stone
7
Q
onc/o
A
tumor
8
Q
path/o
A
disease
9
Q
py/o
A
pus
10
Q
pyr/o
A
fever, fire
11
Q
pyret/o
A
fever, fire
12
Q
scler/o
A
hard
13
Q
tox/o
A
poison
14
Q
toxic/o
A
poison
15
Q
brady-
A
slow
16
Q
dys-
A
abnormal, painful, or difficult
17
Q
mal-
A
bad, poor
18
Q
pachy-
A
thick
19
Q
tachy-
A
rapid
20
Q
xero-
A
dry
21
Q
-algia
A
pain
22
Q
-algesia
A
pain
23
Q
-cele
A
hernia, localized dilation
24
Q
-clasis
A
breaking
25
-clasia
breaking
26
-megaly
enlargement
27
-odynia
pain
28
-oma
tumor
29
-pathy
disease
30
-rhage
bursting forth
31
-rhagia
profuse flow/bursting forth
32
-rhexis
rupture
33
-schisis
fissure, splitting
34
dilation
expansion, widening
35
dilatation
expansion, widening
36
ectasia
dilation, dilatation, distension
37
ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
38
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
39
lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
40
malacia
softening
41
necrosis
death of tissue
42
ptosis
dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
43
sclerosis
hardening
44
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
45
stasis
suppression, stoppage
46
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
47
toxin
poison
48
staphylo-
grape-like cluster
49
strepto-
chain
50
bacill/i
bacillus
51
bacill/o
bacillus
52
bacteri/o
bacterium
53
myc/o
fungus, mold
54
vir/o
virus
