Prefixes, Suffixes, Combining Forms Flashcards
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Prefixes
Peri-
A
Around
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Parts of the body
Hair
A
- Trich/o
- pil/o
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Parts of Body
Eye
A
- Ocul/o
- Opthalm/o
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Q
Parts of the body
Nose
A
- Nas/o
- Rhin/o
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Q
Parts of the Body
Mouth
A
- or/o
- stomat/o
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Parts of the Body
Chest
A
Thoras/o
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Parts of the body
Stomach
A
Gastr/o
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Parts of the Body
Blood
A
leuk
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Parts of the Body
Joints
A
articul/o
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Parts of the Body
Pulmonology
A
- -pnea
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Suffixes
Pertaining to
A
- -ar
- -ic
- -ac
- -al
- -ical
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Suffix
Inflammation of
A
- -itis
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Suffix
Study of
A
-logy
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Q
Suffix
(Plastic) Surgery of
A
-plasty
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Q
Suffix
Discharge from
A
-rrhea
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Suffix
Incision of
A
-tomy
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Suffixes
One Who
A
- -er
- -ist
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Suffixes
Practitioner
A
-iatrician
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Suffixes
Med Prof/Treatment
A
- -iatrics
- -iatry
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Suffixes
Specialist
A
- logist
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Suffixes
Pertaining to the study of
A
- -logic
- -logical
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Combining Forms
Heart
A
Cardi/o
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Combining Forms
Secrete
A
crin/o
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Combining Forms
Skin
A
Dermat/o
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# Combining Forms
Sensation
esthesi/o
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# Combining Forms
Elderly
* ger/a/o
* geront/o
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# Combining Form
Female
gynec/o
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# Combining Forms
Midwife
obstetr/o
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# Combining Forms
Tumor
onc/o
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# Combining Forms
Larynx
laryng/o
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# Combining Forms
Ear
ot/o
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# Combining Forms
Disease
path/o
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# Medical Specialties
Intesivist
| Def
* Critical Care Doctor
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# Suffixes
Suture
-rrhaphy
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# Suffix
Section/Slice
-tome
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# Suffix
Breaking apart
-tripsy
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# Combining Forms
Vessel
angi/o
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# Combining Forms
Eyelid
blephar/o
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# Combining Forms
Gland
Aden/o
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# Combining Forms
Hand
chir/o
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# Combining Forms
Liver
hepat/o
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# Combining Forms
Breast
* mamm/o
* mast/o
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# Combining Forms
Bone Marrow / Spinal cord
myel/o
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# Suffix
Fixing in place
-pexy
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# Suffix
Pain
* -algia
* -dynia
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# Suffix
Hernia
-cele
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# Suffix
Dilation/Dilatation
* -ectasi+a/s
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# Suffix
Vomiting
-emesis
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# Suffix
Soft(ening)
-malacia
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# Suffix
Enlargement
-megaly
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# Suffix
Resembling
-oid
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# Suffix
Deficiency
-penia
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# Suffix
Sagging/Prolapse
-ptosis
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# Suffix
Rupture
-rrhexis
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# Suffix
Membrane
* -eum
* -ium
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# Quantity Prefixes
Double
diplo-
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# Quantity Prefixes
Excessive, more than normal
hyper-
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# Quantity Prefixes
Below normal
hypo-
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# Quantity Prefixes
None
nulli-
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# Quantity Prefixes
first
primi-
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# Quantity Prefixes
Excessive
* super-
* ultra-
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# Direction Prefixes
Away from
ab-
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# Direction Prefixes
Toward
ad-
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# Direction Prefixes
Before in time or place
* ante-
* pre-
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# Direction Prefixes
Around
* circum-
* peri-
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# Direction Prefixes
Through
dia-
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# Direction Prefixes
Out, without, away from
* Ecto-
* Ex-
* Exo-
* Extra-
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# Direction Prefixes
Above, On
epi-
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# Direction Prefixes
Beneath, Under
* hypo-
* infra-
* sub-
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# Direction Prefixes
Middle
* Meso-
* Mid-
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# Direction Prefixes
Near, beside, abnormal
Para-
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# Direction Prefixes
Through or By
per-
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# Direction Prefixes
Behind or backward
Retro-
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# Direction Prefixes
Above, beyond
* super-
* supra-
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# Direction Prefixes
Joined, Together
* Sym-
* Syn-
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# Injection Sites
Types of Injections
* Subcutaneous
* Intramuscular
* Intradermal
* Intravenous
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# Prefixes
Ipsi- vs Contra-
same vs against/opposed
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# Time/Size Prefixes
Large or Great
* Macro-
* Mega-
* Megalo-
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# Negation Prefixes
Not or without
* a-
* an-
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# Negation Prefixes
Not or Inside
in-
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# Desc. Prefixes
Bad or Difficult
* dys-
* mal-
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# Desc. Prefixes
Good or Normal
eu-
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# Prefixes
brady- vs tachy-
slow vs fast
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Dysphonia
bad voice(hoarseness)
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# Color Combined Forms
White
* alb/o
* albin/o
* leuk/o
* leuc/o
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# Color Combining Forms
Red
erythr/o
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# Color Combining Forms
Black
Melan/o
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# Color Combining Forms
Yellow
Xanth/o
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Produced by or in
-genic
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Producing or forming
-genesis
90
Record, recording instrument, recording process
-gram, -graph, -graphy
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Record, recording instrument, recording process
-gram, -graph, -graphy
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Record, recording instrument, recording process
-gram, -graph, -graphy
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seizure
-lepsy
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That which destroys
-lysin
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Process of destroying
-lysis
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(Capable of destruction )కాపబుల్ ఆఫ్ డిస్ట్రక్షన్
-lytic
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Hardening
-sclerosis
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Abnormal softening
-malacia
99
Speech
-phasia
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Eating or swallowing
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
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Paralysis
-plegia
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Split or cleft
-schisis
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Split or cleft
-schisis
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Nutrition
-trophic, -trophy
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Thirst
Dips/o
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Tissue
Hist/o
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Pus
Py/o
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Diagnostic Terminology
* Diagnosis = Dx
* Symptom = Sx
* Acute vs Chronic
* Test: clinical, lab, imaging, specimen
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# Diagnostic Terminology
Basic Examination Procedures
* Vital Signs: Pulse rate, respiration rate, temp
* BP
* Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation(listen to internal body sounds)
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# Diagnostic Terminology
Radiology Terms
* radio(radiant energy)graph
* radiography
* computed radiography
* radiopaque(opaque to x-ray)
* radiolucent(transparent to x-ray)
* noninvasive, invasive
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# Radiology Word Parts
To cut
tom/o
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# Radiology Word Parts
Excessive
ultra-
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# Diagonstic Terminology
Additional Imaging Procedures
* Magnetic Resonance Imaging
* Sonography
* Contrast imaging
* Fluoroscopy
* Nuclear scans(radiopharma)
* Positron Emission tomography
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# Diagnostic Terminology
algesi/o
sensitivity to pain
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# Diagnostic Terminology
plast/o
repair
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# Diagnostic Terminology
Antineoplastic
prevent, inhibit, halt the development of a neoplasm
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# Diagnostic Terminology
ICD
* Inter cardiverter device
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# Diagnostic Terminology
WNL
within normal limits
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# Diagnostic Terminology
PET
postiron emission topography
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