PREFIX/SUFFIX & EXAMPLES Flashcards
-ALGIA
EXAMPLE:
ODONT-ALGIA=TOOTH PAIN.
PAIN
-A
EXAMPLE:
A-CELLULAR=HAVING NO CELLS.
WITHOUT
ARTH-
EXAMPLE:
ARTH-OSCOPE=AN INSTRUMENT TO SEE INSIDE A JOINT.
JOINT
DENT, ODONT
EXAMPLE:
ODONT-OMA=TUMOR COMPOSED OF TOOTH STRUCTURES.
TOOTH/TEETH
-ECTOMY
EXAMPLE:
APPEND-ECTOMY=EXCISION OF THE APPENDIX.
EXCISION
-EMIA
EXAMPLE:
HYPER-EMIA=ABOVE NORMAL AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN A TISSUE.
BLOOD
ENDO-
EXAMPLE:
ENDO-DONT=INSIDE A TOOTH.
WITHIN
-GEN-
EXAMPLE:
PATHO-GEN-IC=DISEASE PRODUCING.
BEGINNING/PRODUCE
GINGIV-
EXAMPLE:
GINGIV-ITIS=INFLAMMATION OF THE GUMS.
PERTAINING TO THE GUMS
GLYC-
EXAMPLE:
GLYC-OLOSIS=SUGAR DISSOLVING.
SUGAR
HYPER-
EXAMPLE:
HYPER-MOBILITY= MORE MOBILITY THAN NORMAL.
OVER/EXCESSIVE/ABOVE
HYPO-
EXAMPLE:
HYPOTHERMIA=BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE.
BELOW/DEFICIENT/UNDER
-IA/-IASIS
EXAMPLE:
ODONTALG-IA=CONDITION OF TOOTH PAIN.
CONDITION
INFRA-
EXAMPLE:
INFRA-ORBITAL=BELOW THE EYE
BELOW
INTER-
EXAMPLE:
INTER-CELLULAR=BETWEEN CELLS.
BETWEEN