Prefixes suffixes and words Flashcards
1
Q
Aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
Arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
Bi/o
A
life
4
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancer
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
8
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
9
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
10
Q
derm/o
A
skin
11
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
12
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
13
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
14
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
15
Q
erythr/o
A
red
16
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
17
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
18
Q
gynec/o
A
women, female
19
Q
hem/o
A
blood
20
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen
23
Q
leuk/o
A
white
24
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nephr/o
A
kidney
25
onc/o
tumor
26
ophthalm/o
eye
27
oste/o
bone
28
path/o
disease
29
psych/o
mind
30
ren/o
kidney
31
rhin/o
nose
32
sarc/o
flesh
33
thromb/o
clotting
34
-al
pertaining to
35
-algia
pain
36
-cyte
cell
37
-ectomy
cutting out, removal
38
-emia
blood condition
39
-globin
protein
40
-gram
record
41
-ia
condition
42
-ic
pertaining to
43
-ism
condition,process
44
-itis
inflammation
45
-logist
specialist in the study of
46
-logy
study of
47
-oma
tumor, mass
48
-opsy
to view
49
-osis
abnormal condition
50
rheumat/o
flow or watery discharge
51
-scope
instrument to visually examine
52
-scopy
process of visual examination
53
-sis
state of
54
-tomy
process of cutting into
55
a-,an-
no, not
56
aut-
self
57
dia-
complete, through
58
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
59
endo-
within
60
exo-
outside
61
hyper-
excessive, more than normal, too much
62
hypo-
below, less than normal, under
63
peri-
surrounding
64
pro-
before, forward
65
re-
back
66
retro-
behind
67
sub-
below, under
68
trans-
across, through
69
-section
means cutting into an organ
70
-state
stands
