PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES 2 Flashcards
Cardi-, cardio-
Heart
Cat-, cata-, cath-, kat-, kata-
Down; downward; destructive; against; according to
Cent-
Hundred
Cephal-, cephalo-
Head
Cervic-, cervice-
Head, the neck of an organ
Chrom-, chromo-
Color
-cide
Causing death
Contra-
Against; opposite
Crani-,cranio-
Skull; cranium
Cry-, cryo-
Cold
Cyan-, cyano-
Blue
Cyst-, cysto-, -cyst
Cyst; urinary bladder
Cyt-, cyto-, -cyte
Cell
Derm-, derma-, dermato-, dermo-
Skin
Di-
Double; twice; two; apart from
Dors-, dorsi-, dorso-
Back
-dynia
Pain
Dys-
Difficult; bad; painful
Ec-, ecto,
Out; on the outside
-ectomy
Excision
Ef-, es-, ex-, exo-
Out
Electr-, electro-
Electricity
-emesis
Vomiting
-emia
Blood
En-
In; into
End-, endo-
Within
Ent-, ento-
Within; inside
Enter-, entero-
Intestine
Ep-, epi-
Upon; over; at; in addition to; after
Erythr-, erythro-
Red
Eury-
Broad
Ex-
Out; away from; completely
Exo-
Out; outside of; without
Extra-
Outside of; in addition; beyond