Prefixes, sufixes and root words Flashcards
1
Q
Micro
A
tiny, small: microscope, microcyte
2
Q
cardio
A
heart
3
Q
cephal
A
head
4
Q
macro
A
large macromolecules macroscopic macrophage macromyocardia
5
Q
osteo
A
bone
6
Q
arthro
A
joint
7
Q
myelo
A
bone marrow
or
spinal cord
8
Q
neuro
A
nerve
9
Q
myo
A
muscle
10
Q
athero
A
fatty plaque
11
Q
arterio
A
artery
12
Q
myco
A
fungus
13
Q
pyo
A
pus
14
Q
pyro
A
heat
15
Q
ab
A
Move away from something
16
Q
ad
A
Go toward something
17
Q
dys
A
Difficult, bad
18
Q
eu-
A
Opposit of dys-.
19
Q
Hyper-
A
large, immense, too much
20
Q
hypo-
A
less, too low
21
Q
inter
A
between
22
Q
intra
A
within the samething
23
Q
sub
A
below or beneath
24
Q
super
A
above
25
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition
26
Q
-pathy
A
disease or disorder
27
Q
-gram
A
record
28
Q
-graphy
A
the process of recording
29
Q
-scope
A
an instrument to visually examing something
30
Q
-ologist
A
a specialist in a field
31
Q
-ology
A
the specialty itself
32
Q
- algia
- dynia
A
pain
