Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards by Sascha Bernier | Brainscape

Q

Prefix

angio-

A

vessel (for blood, etc.)

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Prefix

brachio-

A

arm

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Prefix

brady-

A

slow

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Prefix

cardio-

★

A

heart

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Prefix

dys-

A

difficult, disordered

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Prefix

ecto-

★

A

outside

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Prefix

edem-

A

swelling (from fluid, etc.)

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Prefix

erythro-

A

red

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Prefix

hemo-

A

blood

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Prefix

hepato-

A

liver

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Prefix

inter-

★

A

between

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Prefix

macro-

★

A

large

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Prefix-

myo-

★

A

muscle

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Prefix

neuro-

★

A

nerve

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Prefix

osteo-

★

A

bone

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Prefix

pan-

★

A

all

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Prefix

peri-

★

A

around

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Prefix

poly-

A

many

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Prefix

sarco-

★

A

flesh

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Prefix

tachy-

A

rapid

Q

Prefix

thrombo-

A

clot, lump

Q

Suffix

-cyto

★

A

cell

Q

Suffix

-cytosis

A

high cell number

Q

Suffix

-ectasis

A

dilation, expansion

Q

Suffix

-(a)emia

A

(condition of) blood

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Suffix

-fiber

★

A

thread

Q

Suffix

-gen

★

A

producing

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Suffix

-itis

★

A

inflammation

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Suffix

-mer/-mere

★

A

unit

Q

Suffix

-oid

A

resembling

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Suffix

-ology

★

A

study; philosophy

Q

Suffix

-osis

★

A

abnormal condition

Q

Suffix

-pathy

★

A

disease

Q

Suffix

-penia

A

deficiency

Q

Suffix

-phage, -phagia

A

eater, eating

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Suffix

-poiesis

A

to make

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Suffix

-phobia

A

fear

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Suffix

-ptosis

A

prolapse, falling

Q

Suffix

-sclerosis

A

hardening

Q

Suffix

-stasis

★

A

maintenance

Q

Suffix

-spasm

A

involuntary contraction