Prefixes, sufixes and root words Flashcards

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Micro

A

tiny, small: microscope, microcyte

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cardio

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heart

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cephal

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head

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macro

A
large
macromolecules
macroscopic
macrophage
macromyocardia
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osteo

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bone

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arthro

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joint

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myelo

A

bone marrow
or
spinal cord

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neuro

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nerve

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myo

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muscle

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athero

A

fatty plaque

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arterio

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artery

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myco

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fungus

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pyo

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pus

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pyro

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heat

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ab

A

Move away from something

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ad

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Go toward something

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dys

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Difficult, bad

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eu-

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Opposit of dys-.

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Hyper-

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large, immense, too much

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hypo-

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less, too low

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inter

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between

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intra

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within the samething

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sub

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below or beneath

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super

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above

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-osis
abnormal condition
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-pathy
disease or disorder
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-gram
record
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-graphy
the process of recording
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-scope
an instrument to visually examing something
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-ologist
a specialist in a field
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-ology
the specialty itself
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- algia | - dynia
pain
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-itis
inflamation
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-rrhage
abnormal flow of blood | hemorrhage
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-rrhea
abnormal flow of any fluid
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-rrhexis
to burst or bursting forth
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-necrosis
tissue death
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-malacia
abnormal softening of tissue
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening of something
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-megaly
abnormal enlargement
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-stenosis
getting narrow
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-centesis
to draw fluid from
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
to suture
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-otomy
to cut into, to make an incision
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-ectomy
to surgically remove
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-ostomy
to make a permanent opening
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sarco-
muscle
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derm
skin
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angio
blood vessels
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ven or phlebo
veins
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rhino
nose
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tympan
eardrum
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neph
kidney
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skull
crani
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ileo
small intestin
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thoraco
chest
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pneumo, pleuro
lung
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ophtalmo or oculo
eye
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chloro-
green
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eryth-
red
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cyan-
blue
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leuk-
white
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echo-
using ultrassonic waves
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electro-
using electricity
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mal-
bad
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-emia
blood condition
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-osis
condition or disease
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adeno
gland
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carcino
cancer
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cis/ o
to cut
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crin/ o
to secret to form to give off
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cysto
urinary bladder, sac | containing fluid, cyst
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gnos/ o
knowledge
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iatro
treatment, physician
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onco
tumor
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pedo
child
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sarco
flesh
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secto
to cut
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thrombo
clot, clotting
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uro
urinary tract