Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
pneum
A
lung or air
2
Q
pulmon
A
lung
3
Q
respir
A
to breathe
4
Q
hem
A
blood
5
Q
-thorax
A
chest
6
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dermat-
A
skin
7
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
8
Q
-logist
A
one who studies
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Q
-logy
A
study of
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Q
arthr-
A
joint
11
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-scopy
A
visual examination
12
Q
-desis
A
fixation
13
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
14
Q
-chezia
A
pass a stool
15
Q
-crit
A
to separate
16
Q
-gram
A
to record
17
Q
-graph
A
instrument for recording
18
Q
-lysis
A
destruction
19
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass
20
Q
-philla
A
attraction
21
Q
-ptysis
A
spit
22
Q
-rrhage
A
to flow profusely
23
Q
-rrhoid
A
to flow
24
Q
-uria
A
urine
25
-centesis
surgical puncture
26
-ectomy
surgical removal
27
-plasty
surgical repair
28
-rrhaphy
surgical suture
29
-stomy
surgical formation of an opening
30
-tomy
surgical incision
31
-trispy
crushing
32
-algia
pain
33
-ectasis
dilation
34
-edema
accumulation of fluid in tissues
35
-emesis
vomiting
36
-genesis
form, produce
37
-osis
abnormal condition
38
-pathy
disease
39
-penia
deficiency
40
-phobia
fear of
41
-stenosis
narrowing
42
-iatry
treatment
43
-ician
expert, specialist
44
-icle
small
45
-ist
specialist, expert
46
-istry
medical specialty
47
-ole
small
48
-ule
small
49
peri-
around
50
epi-
above
51
hypo-
below
52
ante-
before, forward
53
anti-
against
54
circum-
around
55
endo-
inside, inner
56
exo-
outside, outward
57
hyper-
above, excessive
58
hypo-
below
59
inter-
between
60
intra-
inside
61
para-
adjacent, alongside
62
peri-
around
63
post-
after
64
pre-
before
65
retro-
backwards
66
supre-
above, excessive
67
trans-
across, through
68
ultra-
higher, beyond
69
bi-
two
70
brady-
slow
71
di-
two
72
eu-
normal
73
hemi-
half
74
macro-
large
75
micro-
small
76
mono-
single
77
multi-
many
78
pan-
all
79
poly-
excessive
80
primi-
first
81
quadri-
four
82
tachy-
rapid
83
tri-
three
84
uni-
single
85
ab-
away from
86
ad-
toward
87
sub-
under, beneath
88
syn-
coming together
