Prefixes, roots, suffixes Flashcards by Evannah Mahon

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Hyper

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high

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Hypo

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Low

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Tachy

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Fast

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Brady

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Slow

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Pre

A

before (Prenatal, before birth)

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Post

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after (postoperative after surgery)

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Sub

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under (subcutaneous under the skin)

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Super/Supra

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above (supra glottis above the glottis)

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Inter

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between (intercostal between the ribs)

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Intra

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within (intravenous inside a vein)

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Peri

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Around (pericardium around the heart)

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Endo

A

inside/within (endoscopy, looking inside)

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Epi

A

on, upon, over (epidermis, outer skin layer)

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Dys

A

bad or difficulty (Dyspnoea difficulty breathing)

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A- / An-

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Without/lack of (Aseptic/Anaemia without infection, lack of red blood cells)

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Poly

A

Many or much (Polyuria excessive urination)

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Oligo

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Few, scant (Oligouria low urine output)

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Prefixes tend to describe

A

Location, quantity or time

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Roots tend to describe

A

body parts or functions

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Cardi/Cardio

A

Heart

Q

Gastr/Gastro

A

Stomach

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Hemat/Hemato

A

Blood

Q

Neur/Nuero

A

Nerves

Q

Oste/Osteo

A

Bone

Derm/Dermo/Dermat/Dermato

Skin

My/Myo

muscle

Pulmon/Pulmono/Pneum/Pneumo

lung

Ren/Reno/Nephr/Nephro

Kidney

Hepat/Hepato

Liver

Cephal/Cephalo

Head

Enter/Entero

Intestine

Suffixes usually describe

condition, disease or procedure

-itis

inflammation

-emia

blood related

-algia

pain

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumour/mass

-pathy

disease

-ectomy

surgically removed

-scopy

visual exam

-gram

record or picture (Electrocardiogram ECG)

-logy

the study of

-lysis

destruction or breakdown

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-stenosis

narrowing