Prefix/Suffix Test Flashcards
a-
no, not, without
anti-
against
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
epi-
upon, on, above
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
peri-
surrounding
retro-
behind, background
sub-
under
cardi- / o
heart
nephro / o
kidney
hepat / o
liver
aden / o
gland
arthr / o
joint
glyc / o
sugar
gastr / o
stomach
neur / o
nerve
encephal / o
brain
leuk / o
white
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algria
pain
-ectomy
excision of
-emia
blood condition
-genic
pertaining to producing
-gram
record
-iasis
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ist
specialist in
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study
-lysis
breakdown, destruction
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor of
-pathy
disease of
-plasty
surgical repair
-scopy
process of visual examination
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
-tomy
incision, cutting into