Prefixes, Suffixes, And Word Parts Flashcards
Acute
Short term (Ex: strep throat, ear ache)
Chronic
Long term (Ex: arthritis, asthma)
Emesis
Vomiting
Cravat
Bandage
Febrile
Fever
Afebrile
Without fever
DNR
Do not resuscitate
mal
Bad (Ex: malnutrition/malpractice)
Rhino
Nose
cyst
Bladder
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
H2O
Water
TPR
Temperature, pulse, respiration
micturate
Urinate
Derm/o
Skin
intra
Within, inside
Hetero
Different
Homo
Same
inter
Between
arthr/o
Joint
cardi/o
Heart
Enter/o
Small intestines
gastr/o
Stomach
hepat/o
Liver
hyster/o
Uterus
oophor/o
Ovary
oste/o
Bone
ot/o
Ear
rhin/o
Nose
Macro
Large
Micro
Small
Poly
Many
My/o
Muscle
Brady
Slow
tachy
Fast
blephar/o
Eyelid
cephal/o
Head
cholecyst/o
Gallbladder
comat/o
Deep sleep
contra
Against/opposite
crani/o
Skull
cost/o
Rib
dipl/o
Double
encephal/o
Brain
endo
Within or inside
enter/o
Small intestines
estro
Female
esthesi/o/a
Sensation or feeling
eu
Good, normal, easy
ex/o
Outside of or away from
follicul/o
Follicle, small sac
genie/genesis
Creation or reproduction
ger/i
Old age
gloss/o
Tongue
graphs
Process of recording
gynec/o
Female or women
hal/o, halit/o
Breath
hemi
Half
intra
Within or inside
kel/o
Growth or tumor
Kenisi/o
Movement
lepsy
seizure
lipid
Fat
lysis
Destruction, breakdown
macro
Large, seen with normal eye
malacia
Abnormal softening
malign/o
Bad, evil
mamm/o
Breast
megaly
Enlargement
mens/o
Menstruate
mon/o
One, single
micro
Small
My/o
Muscle
narc/o
Numbness
Onych/o
Fingernail, toenail
opia
Vision condition
or/o
Mouth, oral cavity
phasia
Speak, speech
phleb/o
Vein
pnea
Breathing
poly
Many
uria
Urine
py/o
Pus
lith/o
Stone
rehagia/recharge
Abnormal excessive bleeding
salping/o
Fallopian
sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
emia
Blood
xanth/o
Yellow
erythr/o
Red
leuk/o
White
cyan/o
Blue
melan/o
Black