Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Medical terminology course > Prefixes and Suffixes > Flashcards

Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
Q

a-, an-

A

no, not, without

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

aut-, auto-

A

self, own

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

dia-

A

complete, through

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

endo-

A

within

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

epi-

A

above, upon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

ex-, exo-

A

out, outside, outward

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

hyper-

A

excessive, above

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

hypo-

A

deficient, below

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

in-

A

into, in

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

peri-

A

surrounding, around

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

pro-

A

before, forward

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

re-

A

back, backward, again

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

retro-

A

behind

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

sub-

A

below, under

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

trans-

A

across, through

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

A

pertaining to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

-algia

A

pain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

-ectomy

A

excision, removal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

-genic

A

pertaining to, producing, produced by

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

-globin

A

protein

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

-gram

A

record

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

-ion

A

process

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

-ist

A

specialist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

-logy

A

process of study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

-oma

A

tumor, mass, swelling

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

-opsy

A

process of viewing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

-osis

A

condition (abnormal)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

-scope

A

tool used to view

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

-scopy

A

process of visually examining

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

-sis

A

state of; condition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

-tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

-y

A

process, condition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

ana-

A

up

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

cata-

A

down

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

inter-

A

between

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

intra-

A

within

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

-eal, -iac, -ior

A

pertaining to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

-ism

A

process, condition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

-ose

A

pertaining to, full of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

-somes

A

bodies

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

-type

A

picture, classification

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

-cele

A

hernia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

-coccus (-cocci)

A

berry shaped, bacteria

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

-cyte

A

cell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

-dynia

A

pain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

-ectomy

A

excision, removal, resection

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

-genesis

A

condition of producing, forming

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

-gram

A

record

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

-graph

A

instrument for recording

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

-malacia

A

softening

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
57
Q

-opsy

A

to view

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
58
Q

-osis

A

condition (abnormal)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
59
Q

-pathy

A

disease condition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
60
Q

-penia

A

deficiency

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
61
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
62
Q

-ptosis

A

drooping, falling, prolapse

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
63
Q

-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
64
Q

-sclerosis

A

hardening

65
Q

-scope

A

tool for visual exam

66
Q

-scopy

A

process of visually examining

67
Q

-stasis

A

controlling, stopping

68
Q

-stomy

A

opening to form mouth

69
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

70
Q

-tomy

A

incision, cutting into

71
Q

-trophy

A

development, nourishment

72
Q

-blast

A

embryonic, immature

73
Q

-crine

A

to secrete

74
Q

-drome

A

to run

75
Q

-fusion

A

coming together, to pour

76
Q

-gen

A

substance that produces

77
Q

-lapse

A

to fall, slide, sag

78
Q

-meter

A

to measure

79
Q

-mission

A

to send

80
Q

-or

A

one who

81
Q

-oxia

A

oxygen

82
Q

-partum

A

birth, labor

83
Q

-phoria

A

to bear, carry, feeling

84
Q

-physis

A

to grow

85
Q

-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

86
Q

-plasm

A

structure or formation

87
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

88
Q

ab-

A

away from

89
Q

ad-

A

toward

90
Q

ana-

A

up, apart

91
Q

ante-

A

before, forward

92
Q

anti-

A

against

93
Q

bi-

A

two

94
Q

brady-

A

slow

95
Q

con-

A

with, together

96
Q

contra-

A

against, opposite

97
Q

de-

A

down, lack of

98
Q

dys-

A

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

99
Q

ec-

A

out, outside

100
Q

eu-

A

good, normal

101
Q

hemi-

A

half

102
Q

in-

A

not OR into, within

103
Q

infra-

A

beneath, under

104
Q

macro-

A

large

105
Q

mal-

A

bad

106
Q

meta-

A

beyond, change

107
Q

micro-

A

small

108
Q

neo-

A

new

109
Q

pan-

A

all

110
Q

para-

A

abnormal, beside, near

111
Q

per-

A

through

112
Q

poly-

A

many

113
Q

post-

A

after, behind

114
Q

pre-

A

before, in front of

115
Q

pro-, pros-

A

before, forward

116
Q

supra-

A

above, upper

117
Q

syn-, sym-

A

together, with

118
Q

tachy-

A

fast

119
Q

ultra-

A

beyond, excess

120
Q

uni-

A

one

121
Q

-ase

A

enzyme

122
Q

-chezia

A

defecation, elimination of waste

123
Q

-iasis

A

abnormal condition

124
Q

-prandial

A

meal

125
Q

-ectasis, -ectasia

A

dilation, widening

126
Q

-emesis

A

vomiting

127
Q

-pepsia

A

digestion

128
Q

-phagia

A

eating, swallowing

129
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

130
Q

-ptysis

A

spitting

131
Q

-rrhage, -rrhagia

A

bursting forth (of blood)

132
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

133
Q

-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

134
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary contraction of muscles

135
Q

-stasis

A

stopping, controlling

136
Q

-stenosis

A

narrowing, tightening

137
Q

-tresia

A

opening

138
Q

-arche

A

beginning

139
Q

-cyesis

A

pregnancy

140
Q

-gravida

A

pregnant

141
Q

-parous

A

bearing, bringing forth

142
Q

-salpinx

A

fallopian (uterine) tubes

143
Q

-tocia

A

labour, birth

144
Q

-version

A

act of turning

145
Q

dys-

A

painful

146
Q

nulli-

A

no, not, none

147
Q

primi-

A

first

148
Q

-one

A

hormone

149
Q

-pexy

A

fixation, put in place

150
Q

-algesia

A

sensitivity to pain

151
Q

-esthesia

A

feeling, nervous sensation

152
Q

-kinesia, -kenesis, -kinetic

A

movement

153
Q

-lepsy

A

seizure

154
Q

-paresis

A

weakness

155
Q

-phasia

A

speech

156
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

157
Q

-praxia

A

action

158
Q

-sthemia

A

strength

Medical terminology course (8 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions