Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards by Miriam Linde

Q

a-

A

Not, without

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

ab-

A

Away, apart

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

-able

A

Able

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

ad-

A

To, toward

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

aero-

A

Air

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

amphi-

A

Both

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

angio-

A

Vessel

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

ante-

A

Before

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

antho-

A

Flower

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

anti-

A

Against

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

aqua-

A

Water

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

arche-

A

Ancient, old

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

arthro-

A

Joint

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

aster-; astr-

A

Stars

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

auto-

A

Self, same, automatic

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

bi-

A

Two

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

bio-

A

Life

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

blast-

A

Embryo

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

carcin-

A

Cancer

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

cardi-

A

Heart

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

cent-

A

Hundred, hundreth

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

cephal

A

Head

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

cereb-

A

Brain

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

chloro-

A

Green

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

chromo-

Color

chondro-

Cartilage

cili-

Hair

circ-

Around

-cide

Kill

co, con-

With, together

-cycle

Circle

cyto-

Cell

de-

Without or remove

deca-

Ten

deci-

Tenth

derm-

Skin

di-

Two

dia-

Through

echino-

Spiny

ecol-

Dwelling, house

ecto-

Outer, outside

-ectomy

Removal

-ell

Small

endo-

Inner, inside

epi-

Upon

erythro-

Red

eu-

True

ex-; exo-

Outside of

gastro-

Stomach

-gen

Type

geo-

Land, earth

glyco-

Sweet, sugar

gymno-

Naked

haplo-

Single

hecto-

Hundred

-helminth

Worm

hemi-

Half

hemo-

Blood

hetero-

Different

hex-

Six

hist-

Tissue

homeo-

Same

homo-

Same, man

hydro-

Water

hyper-

Above, over

hypo-

Below, under

-ic

Of or pertaining to

ichthy-

Fish

infra-

Below, beneath

inter-

Between, among

intra-

Within

iso-

Equal

-ist

Someone who practices or deals with something

-itis

Inflammation

Karyo-

Nucleus

kilo-

Thousand

leuko-

White

lip-

Fat

-lyse

Break

-logy

The study of

macro-

Large

mal-

Bad

meso-

In the middle

meta-

Change

micro

Small

milli-

Thousandth

mono-

One, single

morph-

Form

mycet-

Fungus

neo-

New

nephr-

Kidney

neur-

Nerve

oct-

Eight

omni-

All

oo-

Egg

org-

Living

-oma

Swelling

orth-

Straight

oste-

Bone

pachy-

Thick

para-

Near, on

path-

Disease

peri-

Around

phago-

Eat

-philos

Loving

-phobos

Fearing

photo-

Light

-phyll

Leaf

phyto-

Plants

poly-

Many

-pod

Foot

pre-

Before

pseudo-

False

quin-

Five

rhiz-

Root

-scope

Instrument to see something

semi-

Partially

sex-

SIx

-some

Body

sub-

Under

super-; supra-

Above

syn-

With

tetra-

Four

-tomy

To cut

trans-

Across

tri-

Three

troph-

One who feeds

-ur

Referring to urine

visc-

Organ

zo-

Animal