Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes Flashcards
Acquiring Medical Language
1
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a-
A
not
2
Q
ab-
A
away
3
Q
ad-
A
toward
4
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ante-
A
before
5
Q
anti-
A
against
6
Q
bi-
A
two
7
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Brady-
A
slow
8
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circum-
A
around
9
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con-
A
with, together
10
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contra-
A
against
11
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de-
A
down, away from
12
Q
dia-
A
through
13
Q
dys-
A
bad
14
Q
e-
A
out
15
Q
ec-
A
out
16
Q
ecto-
A
outside
17
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en-
A
in, inside
18
Q
endo-
A
in, inside
19
Q
epi-
A
upon
20
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eu-
A
good
21
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ex-
A
out
22
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exo-
A
outside
23
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extra-
A
outside
24
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hemi-
A
half
25
hyper-
over
26
hypo-
under
27
inter-
between
28
angi/o
blood vessel
29
arthr/o
joint
30
cardi/o
heart
31
derm/o , dermat/o
skin
32
enter/o
small intestine
33
gastr/o
stomach
34
gen/o
generation, cause
35
hem/o , hemat/o
blood
36
hepat/o
liver
37
hydr/o
water
38
morph/o
change
39
muscul/o
muscle
40
my/o
muscle
41
Myc/o
fungus
42
necr/o
death
43
neur/o
nerve
44
orth/o
straight
45
path/o
suffering, disease
46
phag/o
eat
47
plas/o
formation
48
pneum/o , pneumon/o
lung
49
pulmon/o
lung
50
py/o
pus
51
scler/o
hard
52
sten/o
narrowing
53
troph/o
nourishment, development
54
vas/o, vascul/o
blood vessel
55
xen/o
foreign
56
-ac
pertaining to
57
-al
pertaining to
58
-algia
pain
59
-ar , -ary
pertaining to
60
-cele
hernia
61
-centesis
puncture
62
-desis
binding
63
-dynia
pain
64
-eal
pertaining to
65
-ectomy
removal
66
-emia
blood condition
67
-gram
written record
68
-graph
instrument used to produce a record
69
-graphy
writing procedure
70
-ia
condition
71
-iasis
presence of
72
-iatrics
medical science
73
-iatrist
specialist in medicine of
74
-iatry
medical science
75
-ic
pertaining to
76
-icle
small
77
-ism
condition
78
-itis
inflammation
79
-ist
specialist
80
-ium
tissue, structure
81
-logist
specialist in the study of
82
-logy
study of
83
-lysis
loosen, breakdown
84
intra-
in, inside
85
macro-
large
86
micro-
small
87
mono-
one
88
multi-
many
89
oligo-
few
90
pan-
all
91
peri-
around
92
poly-
many
93
post-
after
94
pre-
before
95
pro-
before, on behalf of
96
re-
again
97
semi-
half
98
sub-
beneath
99
sym-
with, together
100
syn-
with, together
101
tachy-
fast
102
trans-
through
103
uni-
one
104
-malacia
abnormal softening
105
-megaly
enlargement
106
-meter
instrument used to measure
107
-metry
process of measuring
108
-ole
small
109
-oid
resembling
110
-oma
tumor
111
-osis
condition
112
-ous
pertaining to
113
-pathy
disease
114
-penia
deficiency
115
-pexy
surgical fixation
116
-plasty
reconstruction
117
-ptosis
drooping
118
-rrhage , -rrhagia
excessive flow
119
-rraphy
suture
120
-rrhea
flow
121
-rrhexis
rupture
122
-scope
instrument used to look
123
-scopy
process of looking
124
-spasm
involuntary contraction
125
-stomy
creation of an opening
126
-tic
pertaining to
127
-tomy
incision
128
-ula
small
129
-y
condition, process
130
