roots, prefixes, and suffixes Flashcards
cardi/o
means “heart”
cerebr/o
means “brain” or “cerebrum”
col/o, colon/o
means “colon” a section of the large intestine
crani/o
means “cranium” or “skull”
dermat/o
means “skin”
disk/o
means “disk”, as in the disk of the spine
gastr/o
means “stomach”
nehpr/o, ren/o
means “kidney”
oste/o
means “bone”
pulmon/o
means “lung”
pre-
“before”
post-
“after” or “behind”
peri-
“around” or “surrounding”
intra-
“within”
inter-
“between”
sub-, infra-
“below” or “beneath”
supra-, super-
“above”
a-, an-
“without” or “not”
poly-
“many” or “much”
dys-
“painful” or “difficult” or “abnormal”
-ac, -as, -ary, -ic, -ous
“pertaining to”
-algia
“pain”
-ectomy
“exision” or “surgical removal”
-gram
“record” or “recording”
-ism, -ia
“condition of”
-itis
“inflammation”
-ium
“tissue” or “structure”
-logy
“study of”
-oma
“tumor”
-tomy
“incision”
the plural form of “-a”
“-ae”
the plural form of “-en”
“-ina”
the plural form of “-ex” “-ix” “-yx”
“-ices”
the plural form of “-is”
“-es”
the plural form of “-on”
“-a”
the plural form of “-um”
“-a”
the plural form of “-us”
“-i”
the plural form of “-x” “-nx”
“-ges” or “-nges”
