Prefixes, Combining Forms and Suffixes (Chapter 2) Flashcards
1
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Aden/o
A
Gland
2
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Adip/o
A
Fat
3
Q
Anter/o
A
Before, front
4
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Caud/o
A
Tail or lower part of body
5
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
6
Q
cyt/o, - cyte
A
cell
7
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end- , endo-
A
within, inside
8
Q
exo-
A
Out of, outside, away from
9
Q
hist/o, histi/o
A
tissue
10
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-ologist
A
Specialist
11
Q
-ology
A
study or science of
12
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Path/o, -pathy
A
Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
13
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plas/i, plas/o
A
Formation, development, growth
14
Q
poster/o
A
behind, toward the back
15
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-stasis, -static
A
control, maintenance of a constant level
16
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dist/o
A
away from, away from the point of attachment
17
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infer/o
A
below or downward, toward the tail or feet
18
Q
later/o
A
toward the side
19
Q
medi/o
A
toward the middle
20
Q
proxim/o
A
near or nearer, to the point of attachment
21
Q
super/o
A
above
22
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dors/o, post
A
back
23
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Ad
A
towards
24
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physi
A
nature or physical
25
retro-
behind
26
pericon
peritoneum
27
trans
across
28
spin/o
spine, spinal cord
29
Chondr/o
cartilage
30
hypo
below
31
hist
tissue
32
-plasia
Formation
33
Exo
Out of
34
-crine
To secrete
35
Carcin
Cancerous
36
Formative material of cells.
Plasm
37
Dem/i
Population
38
idi/o
Peculiar to the individual
