Prefixes, Suffixes And Roots Flashcards by Lina Akhtar

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Chemo/o

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Chemical

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Erthr/o

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Red

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Granul/o

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Granule

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Melan/o

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Pigment (black)

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Oo/o

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Egg

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-pathy

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Disease

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-scop (ist)

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Specialist who views/examines.

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Spermat/o

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Sperm cells

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Leuc/o

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White

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-log(ist)

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Person who studies (specialist)

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-logy

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Study of

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Lymph/o

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Lymph

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Lysis

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Breakdown/disintegration

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Micro

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Small

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oste/o

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Bone

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-scope

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Viewing instrument

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-Tox(ic)

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Poisonous

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a-

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Without/not

e.g. Asystole heart rhythm

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Dys-

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Difficult/painful

e.g. dyspnoea (laboured breathing)

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Hyper-

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Above/excessive

e.g. Hyperglycaemia

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Hypo-

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Below/under

e.g. hypothermia

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Inter-

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Between

e.g. intercostal muscle

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Tachy-

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Fast

e.g. tachycardia

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Brady-

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Slow

e.g. bradycardia

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Peri-

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Around

e.g. pericardium

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Intra-

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Within/inside

e.g. Intra osseous (injecting into bone)

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Haem/o

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Blood

e.g. haemoptisis (coughing up blood)

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Pneum/o

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Gas/air also lung.

e.g. pneumothorax

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Pnoea

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Breathing

e.g. dyspnoea

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Cardi/o

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Heart

e.g. cardiogram

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Erthyr/o

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Red

e.g. Erythrocytes

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Leuc/o

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White

e.g. Leucocytes

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

e.g. Muscular

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Derm/a

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Skin

e.g. dermatitis

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-algia

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Condition of pain

e.g. neuralgia

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-ia

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Condition of

e.g. anaemia

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-itis

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Inflammation

e.g. tonsillitis

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

e.g. Arteriostenosis (narrowing of artery which is temporary)

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

e.g. artherosclerosis (plaque building in arteries)

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-pathy

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Disease

e.g. Rhinopathy (nose)

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-oma

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Tumour swelling

e.g. carcinoma

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-lysis

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Breakdown/disintegration

e.g. paralysis

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-stasis

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Stopping/controlling/cessation of movement.

e.g. homeostasis