Prefixes And Suffixes Flashcards

1
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A or an

A

Without or lacking

Anorexia

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2
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Ab

A

Away from

Abduct

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3
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Ad

A

Toward or adjacent to

Adduct

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4
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Anti

A

Against opposed or inhibitive

Antihistamine

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5
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Arthr

A

Joint

Arthroscopy

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6
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Auto

A

Self

Autoimmune disease

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7
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Bi

A

Two

Biceps

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8
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Bio

A

Life

Biology

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Carcin

A

Cancer or tumor

Carcinogen

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10
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Cardio

A

Heart (cardiology)

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11
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Cephal

A

Head

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12
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Cerebro

A

Brain

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13
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Chondr

A

Cartilage

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Circum

A

Around or round about

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Co

A

With or together

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Contra

A

Against or In Opposition to

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17
Q

Derm

A

Skin

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18
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Di

A

Two

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19
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Dys

A

Difficult or abnormal

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20
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Ecto

A

Outside or external

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21
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Endo

A

Inside or within

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22
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Epi

A

On upon or above

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23
Q

Erythro

A

Red

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24
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Eu

A

Well good or true

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25
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Ex

A

Out of or outside

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26
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Glyco

A

Sweet or sugar

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27
Q

hemi

A

Half

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28
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Hepat

A

Liver

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29
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Hist

A

Tissue

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30
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Hydro

A

Water

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31
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Hyper

A

In excess

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32
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Hypo

A

Below normal

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33
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Infra

A

Beneath or underneath

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34
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Inter

A

Between

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35
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Intra

A

Within or inside of

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36
Q

ISO

A

Equal

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37
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Leuko

A

White

38
Q

Macro

A

Large

39
Q

Melano

A

Black

40
Q

Micro

A

Small

41
Q

Mono

A

One

42
Q

Multi

A

Many or multiple

43
Q

Myo

A

Muscle

44
Q

Neo

A

New

45
Q

Nephro

A

Kidney

46
Q

Neuro

A

Nerve

47
Q

Oculo

A

Eye

48
Q

Odonto

A

Tooth

49
Q

Oligo

A

Deficient or few

50
Q

Ophthalm

A

Eye

51
Q

Osteo

A

Bone

52
Q

Oto

A

Ear

53
Q

Para

A

Alongside or beyond

54
Q

Peri

A

Around

55
Q

Physio

A

Related to nature physical or physics

56
Q

Pneumo

A

Air gas pertaining to the lungs

57
Q

Pod

A

Foot

58
Q

Poly

A

Many or much

59
Q

Post

A

Behind after

60
Q

Pre or pro

A

Prior to or in front of

61
Q

Pseudo

A

False

62
Q

Sarco

A

Flesh

63
Q

Semi

A

Half or partially

64
Q

Sclero

A

Hard

65
Q

Somato

A

Body

66
Q

Steno

A

Narrow or close to

67
Q

Sub

A

Below or under

68
Q

Sym syn

A

With or together

69
Q

Tachy

A

Fast rapid

70
Q

Trans

A

Across through

71
Q

Viscer

A

Pertaining or internal organs

72
Q

Able

A

Cable of

73
Q

Algia

A

Pain

74
Q

Blast

A

Bud usually referring to cell with a primitive nature

75
Q

Clast

A

Pertaining to breaking or tearing down

76
Q

Cyte

A

Cell

77
Q

Duct

A

To lead or draw

78
Q

Ectomy

A

To cut out or excise

79
Q

Emia

A

Blood

80
Q

Genesis

A

Origin or production

81
Q

Gram

A

A drawing

82
Q

Graph

A

Instrument used to record

83
Q

Itis

A

Inflammation

84
Q

Logy

A

Study of

85
Q

Lysis

A

To breakdown or decompose

86
Q

Oid

A

Resembling

87
Q

Oma

A

Tumor

88
Q

Pathy

A

Disease or disorder

89
Q

Phag

A

To eat or feed

90
Q

Phil

A

To love or have affinity for

91
Q

Stasis

A

Stop or stable state

92
Q

Stomy

A

Artificial opening created in surgery

Colostomy