Prefixes suffixes and words Flashcards

1
Q

Aden/o

A

gland

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2
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Arthr/o

A

joint

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3
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Bi/o

A

life

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4
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Carcin/o

A

Cancer

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5
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cardi/o

A

heart

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6
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cephal/o

A

head

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7
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cerebr/o

A

cerebrum

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8
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cyst/o

A

urinary bladder

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9
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cyt/o

A

cell

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10
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derm/o

A

skin

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11
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dermat/o

A

skin

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12
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electr/o

A

electricity

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13
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encephal/o

A

brain

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14
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enter/o

A

intestines

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15
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erythr/o

A

red

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16
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gastr/o

A

stomach

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17
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gnos/o

A

knowledge

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18
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gynec/o

A

women, female

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19
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hem/o

A

blood

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20
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hemat/o

A

blood

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21
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hepat/o

A

liver

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22
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lapar/o

A

abdomen

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23
Q

leuk/o

A

white

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24
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

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25
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onc/o

A

tumor

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26
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ophthalm/o

A

eye

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27
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oste/o

A

bone

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28
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path/o

A

disease

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29
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psych/o

A

mind

30
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ren/o

A

kidney

31
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rhin/o

A

nose

32
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sarc/o

A

flesh

33
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thromb/o

A

clotting

34
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-al

A

pertaining to

35
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-algia

A

pain

36
Q

-cyte

A

cell

37
Q

-ectomy

A

cutting out, removal

38
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

39
Q

-globin

A

protein

40
Q

-gram

A

record

41
Q

-ia

A

condition

42
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-ic

A

pertaining to

43
Q

-ism

A

condition,process

44
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

45
Q

-logist

A

specialist in the study of

46
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-logy

A

study of

47
Q

-oma

A

tumor, mass

48
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-opsy

A

to view

49
Q

-osis

A

abnormal condition

50
Q

rheumat/o

A

flow or watery discharge

51
Q

-scope

A

instrument to visually examine

52
Q

-scopy

A

process of visual examination

53
Q

-sis

A

state of

54
Q

-tomy

A

process of cutting into

55
Q

a-,an-

A

no, not

56
Q

aut-

A

self

57
Q

dia-

A

complete, through

58
Q

dys-

A

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

59
Q

endo-

A

within

60
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exo-

A

outside

61
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hyper-

A

excessive, more than normal, too much

62
Q

hypo-

A

below, less than normal, under

63
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peri-

A

surrounding

64
Q

pro-

A

before, forward

65
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re-

A

back

66
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retro-

A

behind

67
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sub-

A

below, under

68
Q

trans-

A

across, through

69
Q

-section

A

means cutting into an organ

70
Q

-state

A

stands