Prefixes/Root Words/suffixes Flashcards
a-
Without/ absence of
ana-
Up/back/apart
-cide
Kill
-drome
Symptoms
extra-
Outside
hyper-
Obove, more than normal
hypo-
Below, less than normal
-iac
State of, condition, process
-ic
Pertaining to
in-
In, within, not
intra-
Within, inside
-ism
Condition or state of
-lemme
Membrain
meta-
Beyond, change
-ology
Study of
-opsy
To view
-penia
Deficiency, lack of
-phage
Eat
-plasia
Formation, growth
pro-
Before, for
-stasis
Standing still
-tic
Pertaining to
-ulus
Singular form, diminutive, small or little
Ambul
To walk
bacteri/o
Bacteria
bi/o
Life
calc/i
Stone
catabol/o
Breaking down
Cellular
Pertaining to cell
Cribr
Sieve
cyt/o
Cell
eti/o
Cause of disease
Form
Expressing shape or resemblance
home/o
Same, constant, umchanged
is/o
Equal
lys/o
To kill, destroy