Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards by Shannon Naysmith

a-, an-

no, not, without

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aut-, auto-

self, own

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dia-

complete, through

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endo-

within

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epi-

above, upon

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ex-, exo-

out, outside, outward

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hyper-

excessive, above

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hypo-

deficient, below

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in-

into, in

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peri-

surrounding, around

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pro-

before, forward

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re-

back, backward, again

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retro-

behind

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sub-

below, under

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trans-

across, through

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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

pertaining to

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-algia

pain

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-ectomy

excision, removal

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-emia

blood condition

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-genic

pertaining to, producing, produced by

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-globin

protein

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-gram

record

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-ion

process

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-ist

specialist

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-itis

inflammation

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-logy

process of study

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-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

process of viewing

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-osis

condition (abnormal)

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-scope

tool used to view

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-scopy

process of visually examining

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-sis

state of; condition

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-tomy

process of cutting, incision

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-y

process, condition

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ana-

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cata-

down

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inter-

between

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intra-

within

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-eal, -iac, -ior

pertaining to

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-ism

process, condition

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-ose

pertaining to, full of

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-somes

bodies

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-type

picture, classification

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-cele

hernia

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-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus (-cocci)

berry shaped, bacteria

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-cyte

cell

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-dynia

pain

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-ectomy

excision, removal, resection

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-emia

blood condition

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-genesis

condition of producing, forming

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-gram

record

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-graph

instrument for recording

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-lysis

breakdown, destruction

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-malacia

softening

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-megaly

enlargement

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-opsy

to view

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-osis

condition (abnormal)

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-pathy

disease condition

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-penia

deficiency

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-plasty

surgical repair

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-ptosis

drooping, falling, prolapse

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-rrhea

flow, discharge

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-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

tool for visual exam

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stasis

controlling, stopping

-stomy

opening to form mouth

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

incision, cutting into

-trophy

development, nourishment

-blast

embryonic, immature

-crine

to secrete

-drome

to run

-fusion

coming together, to pour

-gen

substance that produces

-lapse

to fall, slide, sag

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-or

one who

-oxia

oxygen

-partum

birth, labor

-phoria

to bear, carry, feeling

-physis

to grow

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasm

structure or formation

-pnea

breathing

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

con-

with, together

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, lack of

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ec-

out, outside

eu-

good, normal

hemi-

half

in-

not OR into, within

infra-

beneath, under

macro-

large

mal-

bad

meta-

beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

abnormal, beside, near

per-

through

poly-

many

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-, pros-

before, forward

supra-

above, upper

syn-, sym-

together, with

tachy-

fast

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one

-ase

enzyme

-chezia

defecation, elimination of waste

-iasis

abnormal condition

-prandial

meal

-ectasis, -ectasia

dilation, widening

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-stenosis

narrowing, tightening

-tresia

opening

-arche

beginning

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant

-parous

bearing, bringing forth

-salpinx

fallopian (uterine) tubes

-tocia

labour, birth

-version

act of turning

dys-

painful

nulli-

no, not, none

primi-

first

-one

hormone

-pexy

fixation, put in place

-algesia

sensitivity to pain

-esthesia

feeling, nervous sensation

-kinesia, -kenesis, -kinetic

movement

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-praxia

action

-sthemia

strength