Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards by Samantha Sangha | Brainscape

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Lack of

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A/An - anaemia, asystole

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Of the blood

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Aemia - anaemia, hypoxaemia

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Angio - angiotensin, haemangioma

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Vessel

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Against

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Anti - anticoagulant, antigen

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Blast - reticuloblast, osteoblast

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Germ, bud

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Brady - bradycardi

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Slow

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Broncho - bronchitis, bronchus

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Bronchus (one of the largest air tubes in the lungs)

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Card - cardiac, myocardium

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Heart

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Chole - cholangitis

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Bile

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Cyto/cyte - cytosol, cytoplasm

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Cell

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Skin

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Derm - dermis, dermatitis

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Difficult

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Dys - dyspnoea, dysplasia

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Ema - emphysema, oedema

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Swelling

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Endo - endocrine, endothelium

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Inner

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Erythro - erythrocyte

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Red

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Exo - exocytosis

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Outside

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Extra - extracellular

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Outside

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Fferent - afferent

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Carry

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Gast - gastric, gastrointestinal

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Stomach

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Gen - gene, antigen

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Origin, production

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Globin - haemoglobin

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Protein

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Haem - haemostasis

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Blood

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Water

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Hydr - dehydration

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Hepat - hepatic, hepatitis

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Liver

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Hyper - hypertension

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Excess, above

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Hypo - hypotension

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Below, under

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Intra - intracellular

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Within

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Ism - rheumatism,dwarfism

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Condition

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Itis - appendicitis, hepatitis

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Inflammation

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Milk

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Lact - lactation, lactic

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Lymph - lymphatic

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Lymph tissue

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Lyso, lysis - lysosome

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Breaking down

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Mega - megaloblast, acromegaly

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Large

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Micro - microtubules, microvilli

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Small

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Muscle

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Myo - myocardium, myoglobin

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New

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Neo - neoplasm, neonate

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Nephro - nephron, nephrosis

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Kidney

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Neuro - neurone, neuropathy

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Nerve

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Oid - myeloid, sigmoid

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Resembling

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Oma - melanoma, fibroma

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Tumour

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Ophth - ophthalmic

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Eye

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Ory - secretory, sensory

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Referring to

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Osteo - osteoporosis

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Bone

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Path - nephropathy

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Disease

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Plasm - cytoplasm, neoplasm

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Substance

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Pneumo - pneumonia

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Lunglair

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Poly - polypeptide

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Many

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Rrhagia - menorrhagia

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Excessive flow

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Rrhoea - diarrhoea

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Discharge

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Sub - sublingual

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Under

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Tachy - tachycardia

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Excessively fast

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Thrombo - thrombus, thrombosis

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Clot

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Tox - toxin, cytotoxic

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Poison

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Uria - Anura, polyuria

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Urine

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Vas, vaso - vascular

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Vessel