Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards
Learn medical prefix and suffix with some origin words
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-lysis
A
separation or breaking into parts
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sub-
A
below
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-rrhage
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to rupture or burst forth
4
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-tomy
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an incision
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peri-
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around
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-scope
A
instrument to visually examine
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hepatitis
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inflammation of the liver
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arthralgia
A
joint pain
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-pathy
A
disease
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-itis
A
inflammation
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-gram
A
record
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post-
A
after
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-tomy
A
incision or cutting into
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
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-therapy
A
treatment
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dys-
A
difficult, painful, bad
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ren/o
A
kidney
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hepta/o
A
liver
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-megaly
A
enlargement
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-ectomy
A
excision or surgical removal
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hyper-
A
excessive, increased
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-algia
A
pain
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Hemorrhage
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bursting forth or rupture of blood from vessels
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an-
A
without or no
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poly-
many
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-logy
study of
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endoscopy
procedure to visually examine inside the body
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osteomalacia
abnormal softening of bone
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-osis
abnormal condition
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chemotherapy
treatment with chemicals or drugs
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colostomy
surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface
32
ovariohyterectomy
surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus
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-algia
pain
34
ecto-
outside of
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ab-
away from
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gastric
pertaining to the stomach
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cardiomegaly
heart enlargement
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hyper-
elevated
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hypo-
depressed, decreased
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renal
pertaining to the kidney
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-scopy
procedure to visually examine
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-plasty
surgical repair
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pan-
all
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-pexy
suture to stabalize
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eu-
good, easy, normal
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epi-
upper
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-rrhea
flow or discharge
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-graphy
procedure that records
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inter-
between
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gastropexy
suturing of stomach to body wall
