Prefixes And Root Words Flashcards
Osteo
Bone
Myo
Muscle
Neur
Nerve
Derm
Skin
Vas or Vasc
Blood vessels
Hem or Hemo
Blood
Angi or Angio
Blood vessels
Arteri(o)
Artery
Ven(o)
Veins
Adip
Fat/fatty tissue
Arthr(o)
Joint
Renal
Kidney
Adren
Adrenal glands
Penia
Lack of (deficiency)
Sis
Action, condition, or process
Sclerosis
Hardening or thickening
Itis
Inflammation or Infection
Thromb(o)
Clot or lump
Hyper
Above, excessive
Macro
Large
Ab or Abs
Away from
Bronch
Bronchus
Abdom
Abdomen
Aden
Glands
Andro
Male
Brachi
Arm
Cyte
Cell
ism
Condition of
Coro
Heart
Carp
Wrist
Axill
Arm pit region
Cervic
The Neck or neck region of a body part
Chrondo
Cartilage
-ectomy
Removal of
Cyst-
Bladder
Col(o)
Colon
Clav-, Cleid-
Clavicle
Pluer-, cost-
Ribs
Enter(o)
Intestine
-pathy
Disease or suffering
-tension
Pressure
Hypo-
Low , below normal
Cran-
Skull
Digit-
Fingers
Gastro-
Stomach
Hepat-
Liver
Neph-
Kidney
Ocul(o)
Eye
Omo-
Shoulder
Pect-
Chest
-emia
A condition of blood
Leuk-
White
Ad-
To toward
Cholecyst
Gallbladder
Gloss
Tounge
Hemat
Blood
Brady
Slow
Ef
Away from
Tacky
Fast
Ped
Foot
Plant-
Sole of foot
Sole-
Sole of foot
Tars-
Sole of foot
Poll-
Thumb
Poplit-
Knee joint, behind the knee
Splen-
Spleen
Tal-
Ankle
Thorac-
Chest region
Myel-
Spinal chord
Occipit-
Back of head
Lumb-
Lower spine region
Muscul-
Muscle
Kary-
Nucleus
Gyno-
Woman
Cut-
Skin
Cep(h)-
Head
Cort-
Outer region
Di(a)
Between
Dors(i)
Pertaining to the back
Em-
Inside, within
Epi-
Over, above, on top
Ec(to)-
On the outside
Lat-
Side
Peri-
Surrounding, around
Pne(um)
Lungs
Pulmo(n)
Lungs
Spondyl-
Spine/vertebra
Spin-
Spine
Amphi
both sides
Infra
Below
Juxta-
Near to, beside
Para-
Beside
Sub
Beneath, under
Super-
Superior
Intra-
Within
Pan-
All or everywhere
Myco-
Fungus
Radic-
Beginning or root of structure
Inter-
Between, among
Fibro-
Fiber