Prefix/Suffix Flashcards by Savannah Seiverth

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-an

A

pertaining to

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-cele

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hernia

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-ceps

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head

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dia-

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through

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-drome

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a course

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-dynia

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pain

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-gnosis

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knowledge

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-hexia

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condition

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hydr-

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water

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micro-

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small

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milli-

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one thousandth

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-osis

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condition of

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par-

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beside

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-paresis

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weakness

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-pathy

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disease

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-phoresis

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to carry

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-praxia

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action

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-stasis

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control, stopping

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supra-

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above, beyond

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-thermy

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heat

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-itis

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inflammation

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-ectomy

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to cut out (remove)

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-otomy

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to cut into

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-ostomy

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to make a “mouth”

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a/an

A

without, none

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micro

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small

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macro

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large

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mega/-megaly

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enlarged

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-scopy/-scopic

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to look, observe

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-graphy/-graph

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recording an image

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-gram

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the image

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-ology/-ologist

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study, specialize in

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leuk/o

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white

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melan/o

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black

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cyan/o

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blue

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xanth/o

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yellow

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endo

A

withing, inside of

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peri

A

around

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circum

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around

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retro

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behind

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epi

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upon, on top

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trans

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through

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intra

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within

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sub

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below

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brady

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slow

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tachy

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fast

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-stasis

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to stop

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-cyte

A

cell

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-emia

A

blood

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-cele

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hernia, abnormal protrustion of structure out of normal anatomical position

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-pathy

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disease, abnormality

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-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-centesis

A

to puncture

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-tripsy

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to crush

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

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-pnea

A

breath, air, lung

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-ptysis

A

spitting (coughing)

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-plasty

A

reconstruction

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-uria

A

urine

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-pexy

A

to surgically reattach, fix in normal position

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-salpinx

A

uterine tube

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-pareunia

A

intercourse

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-gravida

A

pregnancy

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-para

A

live birth

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-malacia

A

softening

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-porosis

A

porous

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-astenhia

A

weakness, loss of strength

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-trophy

A

development, stimulation, maintenance

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-algia

A

pain