Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards

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Ante

A

Before, toward

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Anti

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Against, counter

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Brady

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Slow

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Dys

A

Bad, difficult, painful

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End, Endo

A

Within, in, inside

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Hemi

A

Half

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Hyper

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Excessive, increased

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Hypo

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Deficient, decreased

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Inter

A

Between, among

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Intra

A

Within, inside

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Neo

A

New, strange

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Per

A

Excessive, through

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Peri

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Surrounding, around

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14
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Poly

A

Many

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Post

A

After

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16
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Pre

A

Before

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17
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Sub

A

Below

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Super, Supra

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Above, excessive

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Tachy

A

Fast, Rapid

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A-, An

A

Without, away from, negative

21
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Ologist

A

Specialist

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Ology

A

Science or study of

23
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Oma

A

Tumor

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Osis

A

Abnormal condition

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Ostmy

A

Surgical creation of an opening

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Otomy

A

Surgical incision

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Pathy

A

Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Pause

A

Stopping

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Pexy

A

Surgical fixation, to put in place

30
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Plasty

A

Surgical repair

31
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Plagia

A

Paralysis

32
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Pnea

A

Breathing

33
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Ptosis

A

Prolapse, drooping forward

34
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Rrhagia

A

Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

35
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Rrhaphy

A

To suture

36
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Rrhea

A

Abnormal flow or discharge

37
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Rrhexis

A

Rupture

38
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Sclerosis

A

Abnormal hardening

39
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Scope

A

Instrument for visual examination

40
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Scopy

A

To see, visual examination

41
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Ac, al

A

Pertaining to, relating to

42
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Algia

A

Pain, suffering

43
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Ary

A

Pertaining to

44
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Cele

A

Hernia, tumor, swelling

45
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Centesis

A

Surgical puncture to remove fluid