Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
a-
A
not
2
Q
an-
A
not
3
Q
ante-
A
before
4
Q
audi-
A
hearing
5
Q
bi-
A
two
6
Q
brady-
A
slow
7
Q
de-
A
lack of
8
Q
dys-
A
difficult, painful
9
Q
ecto-
A
outside
10
Q
endo-
A
in
11
Q
epi-
A
on/upon
12
Q
eso-
A
inward
13
Q
eu-
A
good/normal
14
Q
exo-
A
outward
15
Q
extra-
A
outside
16
Q
hemi-
A
half
17
Q
hyper-
A
excess, over
18
Q
hypo-
A
under
19
Q
in-
A
into
20
Q
inter-
A
between
21
Q
intra-
A
within
22
Q
meta-
A
change, after
23
Q
multi-
A
many
24
Q
neo-
A
new
25
nulli-, nulti-
none
26
oxy-
sharp, oxygen
27
pan-
all
28
para-
beside
29
per-
through
30
peri-
surrounding
31
poly-
many
32
post-
after
33
primi-
first
34
psuedo-
false
35
quadri-
four
36
retro-
behind
37
sub-
under
38
supra-
above
39
sym-
together
40
syn-
together
41
tachy-
fast
42
tetra-
four
43
tri-
three
44
tropin-
act upon
45
uni-
one
46
-agon
assemble
47
-algesia
pain sensation
48
-algia
pain
49
-ar
pertaining to
50
-arche
beginning
51
-ary
pertaining to
52
-asthenia
weakness
53
-blast
embyonic
54
--capnia
carbon dioxide
55
-cele
hernia
56
-centesis
puncture to remove (drain)
57
-chezia
defecation
58
-clast, -clasia, -clasis
break
59
-coccus
spherical bacterium
60
-cyesis
pregnancy
61
-desis
fusion
62
-dilation
widening, expanding
63
-drome
run
64
-dynia
pain
65
-eal
pertaining to
66
-ectasis
stretching
67
-ectomy
removal
68
-edema
swelling
69
-emia
blood
70
-esthesis
feeling
71
-gram
record
72
-graph
recording instrument
73
-graphy
recording process
74
-gravida
pregnancy
75
-ia
condition
76
-iatrist
physician specialist
77
-iatry
medical treatment
78
-ical
pertaining to
79
-ictal
pertaining to
80
-in
a substance
81
-ine
a substance
82
-itis
inflammation
83
-listhesis
slipping
84
-lithiasis
condition of stones
85
-lysis
separation
86
-malacia
softening
87
-megaly
enlargement
88
-meta
change
89
-meter
measurement; instrument that measures
90
-metry
measurement of
91
-oid
resembling
92
-oma
tumor
93
-omia
smell
94
-one
hormone
95
-opia
vision
96
-opsy
view of
97
-orrhexis
rupture
98
-osis
condition
99
-oxia
oxygen
100
-para
woman who has given birth
101
-paresis
incomplete paralysis
102
-parous
to bear
103
-penia
deficient
104
-pexy
fixation
105
-phagia
eating
106
-phonia
sound
107
-phylaxis
protection
108
-physis
to grow
109
-plasty
to repair
110
-plegia
paralysis
111
-pnea
breathing
112
-poiesis
production
113
-poly
many
114
-porosis
passage
115
-retro
behind
116
-rrhagia
bursting of blood
117
-rrhaphy
suture
118
-rrhea
discharge
119
-schisis
split
120
-sclerosis
hardening
121
-scopy
to examine
122
-spasm
contraction of muscle
123
-steat/o
fat
124
-stenosis
blockage, narrowing
125
-stomy
opening
126
-thorax
chest
127
-tocia
labor
128
-tom/o
to cut
129
-tome
an instrument that cuts
130
-tomy
cutting, incision
131
-tripsy
crush
132
-tropia
to turn
133
-uria
urine
134
-version
turning
