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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes Flashcards

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arthr/o

A

joint

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cardi/o

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heart

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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my/o, muscul/o

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muscle

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derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o

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skin

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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o

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lung

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gen/o

A

creation, cause

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hydr/o

A

water

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morph/o

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shape, change

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myc/o

A

fungus

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12
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necr/o

A

death

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orth/o

A

straight

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path/o

A

suffering, disease

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phag/o

A

eat

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plas/o

A

formation

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py/o

A

pus

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scler/o

A

hard

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sten/o

A

narrowing

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troph/o

A

nourishment, development

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21
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xen/o

A

foreign

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xer/o

A

dry

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-ac

A

pertaining to (adj)

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-al

A

pertaining to (adj)

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-ar

A

pertaining to (adj)

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-ary

A

pertaining to (adj)

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-eal

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pertaining to (adj)

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-ic

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pertaining to (adj)

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-ous

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pertaining to (adj)

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-tic

A

pertaining to (adj)

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31
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-ia, -ism

A

condition (noun)

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32
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-ium

A

tissue, structure (noun)

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33
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-y

A

condition, procedure, process (noun)

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34
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-icle

A

small (diminutive)

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35
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-ole

A

small (diminutive)

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36
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-ula

A

small (diminutive)

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37
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-ule

A

small (diminutive)

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38
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-iatrics, -iatry

A

medical science

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39
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-iatrist

A

specialist in medicine of

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40
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-ist

A

specialist

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41
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-logist

A

specialist in the study of

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42
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-logy

A

study of

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43
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-algia, -dynia

A

pain

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44
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-cele

A

hernia

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45
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-emia

A

blood condition

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46
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-iasis

A

presence of

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-lysis

A

loosen, break down

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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

50
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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

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-osis

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-pathy

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-ptosis

57
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-rrhage, -rrhagia

A

excessive flow

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-rrhea

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-rrhexis

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

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-centesis

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-gram

A

written record

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-graph

A

instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-meter

A

instrument used to measure

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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-scope

A

instrument used to look

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-scopy

A

process of looking

69
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-desis

A

binding, fixation

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-ectomy

71
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasty

A

reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

74
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-stomy

A

creation of an opening

75
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-tomy

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a-, an-

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anti-, contra-

78
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de-

A

down, away from

79
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ante-, pre-

80
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pro-

A

before, on behalf of

81
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post-

82
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brady-

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tachy-

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re-

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ab-

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ad-

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circum-, peri-

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dia-, trans-

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e-, ec-, ex-

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ecto-, exo-, extra-

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en-, endo-, intra-

A

in, inside

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epi-

93
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inter-

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sub-

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bi-

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semi-, hemi-

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hyper-

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hypo-

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macro-

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micro-

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mono-, uni-

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oligo-

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pan-

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poly-, multi-

105
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con-, sym-, syn-

A

with, together

106
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dys-

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eu-

108
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hepat/o

109
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splen/o

110
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enter/o

A

small intestine

111
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esophag/o

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neur/o

113
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vas/o, vascul/o

A

blood vessel

Medical Terminology (10 decks)

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