Prefixes / Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
narrowing
A
-constriction
2
Q
widening; stretching; expanding
A
-dilation
3
Q
blood condition
A
-emia
4
Q
process of recording
A
-graphy
5
Q
breakdown; separation;
destruction; loosening
A
-lysis
6
Q
enlargement
A
-megaly
7
Q
measure
A
-meter
8
Q
tumor; mass; fluid collection
A
-oma
9
Q
condition; usually abnormal
A
-osis
10
Q
surgical repair
A
-plasty
11
Q
hardening
A
-sclerosis
12
Q
tightening; structure
A
-stenosis
13
Q
process of cutting
A
-tomy
14
Q
no; not; without
A
a-, an-
15
Q
slow
A
brady-
16
Q
lack of; down; less; removal of
A
de-
17
Q
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
A
dys-
18
Q
in; within
A
endo-
19
Q
above; excessive
A
hyper-
20
Q
deficient; below; under; less than normal
A
hypo-
21
Q
between
A
inter-
22
Q
surrounding
A
peri-
23
Q
fast
A
tachy-
24
Q
four
A
tetra-
25
three
tri-
26
condition
-ema
27
smell
-osmia
28
breathing
-pnea
29
spitting
-ptysis
30
pulse
-sphyxia
31
pleural cavity, chest
-thorax
