Prefix/Root/Suffix Glossary Flashcards by Jessica Marnne

a, an-

absent, without

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ab-

away from

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abdomin/o-

abdomen

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acou-

hearing

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ad-

toward, near, to

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aden/o-

gland

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af-

to, toward

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alba-

white

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alg-

pain

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ana-

up, back

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angi/o-

vessel

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ante-

before

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anti-

against

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arthr/o-

joint

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atel-

imperfect, incomplete

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auto-

self

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bi-

two, twice

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bio-

life

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blasto-

growth, budding

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brachi/o-

arm

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brachy-

short

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brady-

slow

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bronch-

air passage

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carcin/o-

cancer

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cardi/o-

heart

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carp/o-

wrist

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cata-

down

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caud-

tail

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celi/o-

abdomen

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cephal/o-

head

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cerebr/o-

brain

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cervic-

neck

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chem/o-

chemical

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chondr/o-

cartilage

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circum-

around

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co, com-

with, together

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con, contra-

opposite, against

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cost/o-

ribs

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crani/o-

skull, head

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cut-

skin

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cyan/o-

blue

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cyst-

bladder, sac

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cyt/o-

cell

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dactyl/o-

digits, fingers or toes

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de-

down, from

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derm-

skin

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di-

two, twice

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diplo-

double

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dis-

apart, away

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duct-

lead, conduct

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dys-

difficult, diseased

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ecto-

outside

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edem-

swelling

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endo-

within

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enter/o-

intestine

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epi-

on, over, upon

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erythr/o-

red

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eu-

normal, good

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ex-

out of

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exo-

without, outside of

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extra-

outside of, in addition to, beyond

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fasci-

band

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fore-

before, in front

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gastr/o-

stomach

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gluco, glyco-

sugar

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gyn/o, gyne/co-

woman, female

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haplo-

single, simple

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hema, hemato, hemo-

blood

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hemi-

half

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hepat/o-

liver

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hetero-

different

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hist/o-

tissue

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homeo-

unchanged

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homo-

same

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hydr/o-

water

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hyper-

excessive, above

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hypo-

beneath, under, deficient

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idio-

distinct, peculiar to the individual

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inter-

between, among

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intra-

within

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is/o-

equal, the same

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kinesi/o-

movement

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labi-

lip

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lacri-

tears

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lact/o-

milk

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leuc/o, leuk/o-

white

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lip/o-

fat

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macr/o-

large

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mal-

poor, bad

medi-

middle

mega-

large

meta-

next to, beyond

micr/o-

small

mon/o-

one

morph/o-

shape, form

multi-

many

my/o-

muscle

narco-

sleep

nat/a-

birth

neo-

new

nephr/o-

kidney

neur/o-

nerve

non-

not

ocul/o-

eye

olig/o-

few, scanty

oo-

egg

ophthalmo-

eye

orth/o-

straight, normal, correct

oste/o-

bone

ot/o-

ear

ovi, ovo-

egg

path/o-

disease

ped/ia-

child

per-

through

peri-

around

phag/o-

eat

phleb/o-

vein

pleuro, pleura-

rib

pneumo-

lung

pod-

foot

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before, in front of

pseudo-

false

py/o-

pus

pyel/o-

renal pelvis

quadr/i-

four

retro-

behind, backward

rhin/o-

nose

salping/o-

fallopian tube

sarc/o-

flesh, muscle

sclero-

hard

semi-

half

steno-

narrow

sub-

below, beneath

supra-

above

sym, syn-

together

tachy-

fast

thorac/o-

chest

thromb/o-

clot

tox-

poison

trans-

across

tri-

three

ultra-

excessive, extreme

un/i-

one

uria, uro-

urine

vas/o-

vessel

viscera, viscero-

organ

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-an, -ian

characteristic of, pertaining to, belonging to

-ar

relating to

-ary

relating to, connected with

-ase

enzyme

-atresia

abnormal closure

-blast

grow, produce

-cele

swelling, tumor

-centesis

puncture of a cavity

-cide

kill

-clast

destroy, break down

-desis

binding, stabilizing, fusion

-dipsia

thirst

-dynia

pain

-ectasia, ectasis

expansion

-ectomy

excision, cutting out

-emia

pertaining to blood

-form

structure

-gen

producing

-genesis

production of, origin of

-globin

protein

-gram

record, writing

-graph

an instrument for making records

-ia

condition

-iasis

diseased condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ile

having qualities of

-ism

condition, process

-ist

practitioner, specialist

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy

seizure

-lith

stone, crystal

-logy

study of

-lysis

break down

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

measuring instrument

-ness

state of, quality

-oid

the appearance of

-ole

small, little

-oma

tumor

-opia

eye

-ory

pertaining to

-ose

having qualities of

-osis

state, condition, action, process

-ostomy

creation of an opening

-otomy

cut into

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-penia

lack of, deficiency

-plasia

growth

-plasty

formation, repair

-plegia

paralysis

-poiesis

production

-ptosis

dropping, falling

-rrhage

burst forth

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-scope

instrument to examine

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-stasis

to be still, control, stop

-sthenia

strength

-taxia

muscle coordination

-tension

pressure

-tic

pertaining to

-tomy

incision, cut ino

-tripsy

crush

-trophic

related to nutrition or growth

-tropic, tropin

to turn toward, to stimulate or increase

-ula, ule

small, little

-uria

urine

-y

condition, process