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PREFIXES & SUFFIXES Flashcards

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meaning very small

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MICRO-

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relating to the use of ultra-cold liquid

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CRYO-

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relating to water

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HYDRO-

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meaning impaired or difficult

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DYS-

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meaning too much, in excess, many or multiple

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POLY-

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meaning against or opposed

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CONTRA-

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meaning insufficient or abnormally low

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HYPO -

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meaning without or not having

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AN -

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meaning abnormally slow

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BRADY -

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combining form relating to the uterus

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HYSTERO -

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combining form relating to the veins

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PHLEBO-

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relating to pus

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PYO -

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combining form relating to the vulva

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EPISIO -

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combining form relating to the oviducts

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SALPINGO -

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12
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fat

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ADIPO -

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combining form relating to the testes

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ORCHI -

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14
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jaw

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GNATHO -

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15
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spinal cord

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CHORDO -

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claw or hoof

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ONYCHO -

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16
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ribs

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COSTO -

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16
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eardrum

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MYRINGO -

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17
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ligaments or connective tissue

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SYNDESMO -

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hair

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PILO -

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tissue

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HISTO -

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vertebrate or spinal column

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SPONDYLO -

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outside

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ECTO -

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below

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INFRA-

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both or both sides

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AMB-

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beside, beyond, accessory to, or apart from

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PARA-

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change, exchange, transformation

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META-

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25
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blue

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CYANO-

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yellow

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XANTHO-

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green

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CHLORO-

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white

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LEUKO-

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29
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black

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MELANO-

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together, union, association with

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SYN -

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within or inside

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INTRA -

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unequal or dissimilar

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ANISO -

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meaning dull, dim, not clear

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birth

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dry

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digits or toes

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tears or lacrimal gland

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few, scanty

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horny tissue or cornea

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  • inflammation of
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excision or surgical removal of

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  • ingestion, to ingest or swallowing
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  • urine, or urination
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  • blood or blood cells
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  • bleeding
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  • surgically repair by joining in a seam or by suturing together
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-shape or surgically form

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  • surgically create a new opening in a hollow organ, connecting it to the outside of the body or to another hollow organ
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  • incise or to cut
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  • relating to surgical fixation or suturing
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  • pain
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  • infestation or infection
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  • dilation, expansion or distension
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  • disorder or disease condition
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  • swelling esp. one with a cavity or associated with hernia
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  • paralysis
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  • destruction of
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  • rupture
59
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  • weakness or partial paralysis
60
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  • relating to development or cell numbers
61
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  • dorsal recumbency
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  • on a plane parallel to the median plane
63
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  • contact surface of a tooth, closest to the midline of the dental arcade
64
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  • pertaining to or situated near a longitudinal line about which a body structure would rotate
65
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  • on a plane not parallel to one of the 3 major directional axes.
66
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  • spherical bacterium found in pairs.
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DIPLOCOCCUS

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  • rod-shaped bacterium found singly or in chains that are not twisted
68
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  • spherical bacterium found grouped in clusters or bunches
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS

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  • rod-shaped bacterium found grouped in a twisted chains
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STREPTOBACILLUS

70
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  • spherical bacterium found in grouped in chains.
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STREPTOCOCCUS

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  • virus resembling a wheel
72
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  • RNA virus that causes neoplasia
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ONCORNAVIRUS

73
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  • small RNA virus
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PICORNAVIRUS

74
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  • virus that causes papillomas, piliomas, and vacuolization.
75
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  • virus resembling a crown
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CORONAVIRUS

76
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  • a concrete solid mass of vegetable matter found in the stomach or intestine
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PHYTOBEZOAR

77
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  • lateral deviation of the spine
78
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  • A pinpoint , circular haemorrhage on the skin or in the serosal surface.
79
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  • to irrigate or flush out an organ or cavity.
80
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  • the proportion of sick animals to healthy animals in a population
81
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  • a suffix that denotes the aspiration of fluid from a body cavity
82
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  • a suffix that denotes examination by various devices.
83
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prefix meaning bent, looped or fused

84
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Prefix relating to hardening

85
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Prefix meaning hidden, concealed or a depression on a surface

86
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Prefix meaning abnormally large

87
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In prescription and medication, the abbreviation meaning as nedeed

88
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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning freely as wanted

89
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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning every hour

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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning four times a day

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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning every day.

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