Roots, Prefixs, and Suffixes Flashcards by Jarrett Evans

A- An-

No, not, without

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Ab-

Away from

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Ad-

Towards, near

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Abdomin/o

Abdomen

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-ac, -al

Pertaining to

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-an, -ar,-ary

Pertaining to

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Aden/o

Gland

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Adip/o

Fat

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-algesia

Sensitivity to pain

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-algia

Pain

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Ana-

Up,apart, backwards,again, anew

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Angi/o

Vessel (blood)

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Ante-

Before, forward

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Anter/o

Front

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Anti-

Against

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Aort/o

Aorta

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Append/o, Appendic/o

Appendix

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Arter/o, Arteri/o

Artery

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Arthr/o

Joint

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-ase

Enzyme

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Audi/o, Audit/o

Hearing

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Aut/o, Aut-, auto

Self, own

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Axill/o

Armpit

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Bacter/I/o

Bacteria

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Bi-

Two

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Bil/i

Bile, gall

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Branchi/o

Arm

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Brady-

Slow

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Bronch/o, Bronchi/o

Bronchial tube

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Bucc/o

Cheek

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Calc/o

Calcium

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Carcin/o

Cancerous, cancer

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Cardi/o

Heart

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-Cele, coele

Swellings hernia

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Cell/u

Cell Level

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-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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Cerebr/o

Cerebrum

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Cervic/o

Neck

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Chol/e

Bile, gall

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Cholecyst/o

Gallbladder

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-cidal

Pertaining to killing

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Col/o, colon/o

Colon (large intestine)

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Comi/o

To care for

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Contra-

Against, opposite

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Coron/o

Heart

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Cost/o

Rib

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Cran/i

Skull

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Cyan/o

Blue

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Cyst/o

Urinary Bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

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Cyt/o , -cyte

Cell

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De-

Lack of, less

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Derm/o, Derma, Dermat/o

Skin

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Diaphor/o

Sweat

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Dist/o

Far, Distant

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Dors/o, Dorsi

back( of body)

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Dys-

Bad, Painful, difficult, abnormal

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-eal

Pertaining to

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-ectomy

Removal, excision, resection

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-emia

Blood condition

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-emic

Pertaining to blood condition

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End-, end/o

In, within

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Enter/o

Intestines

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Epi-

Above, upon, on

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Erythem/o

Flushed, redness

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-esis

Action, condition, state of

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Ex-

Out, away from

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Gastr/o

Stomach

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-gensis

Producing, forming

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Ger/i, geront/o

Old age

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Gluc/o, glyc/o

Glucose

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-gram

Record

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-graphy

Process of recording

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Hem/o, hemat/o

Blood

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Hemi-

Half

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Hepat/o

Liver

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Herni/o

Hernia

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Hydr/o

Water

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Hyper-

Above, excessive, greater than normal

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Hypo-

Deficient, below, less than normal

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Hyster/o

uterus, womb

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-ia

Condition

-iac, -ic, -ine, -ior

Pertaining to

-iasis

Abnormal condition

Ile/o

Ileum

Inguin/o

Groin

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within, into

-ism

Process, condition

-ist

Specialist

-itis

inflammation

Jaund/o

Yellow

Jejun/o

Jejunum

Kal/i

Potassum

Ket/o, keton

Ketones, acetones

Kyph/o

Hunch back

Lapar/o

Abdominal wall, abdomen

Later/o

Side

Leuk/o

White

Lip/o

Lipid, fats

Lob/o

Lobe

-logy

Study of

-lysis

Breakdown, separation, destruction

Mal-

Bad

Mamm/o, mast/o

Breast

Medi/o

Middle

-megaly

Enlargment

Melan/o

Black

-ment/o

Mind

My/o

Muscle

Narc/o

Numbness, sleep

Nas/o

Nose

Natr/o

Sodium

Necr/o

Death

Nephr/o

Kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

Norm/o

Rule/ order

Nos/o

Infection

Ocul/o

Eye

Ophtalm/o

Eye

Opt/o, optic/o

Vision, eye

-oid

Resembling, derived from

Olig/o

Scant, slight

-oma

Tumor, mass, fluid collection

Onc/o

Tumor

Oophor/o

Ovary

-osis

Condition, usually abnormal

Oster/o

Bone

Ot/o

Ear

-ous

Pertaining to

-oxia, -oxic

Oxgen

Pancreat/o

Pancreas

Para-

Near, beside, apart from, along side of

-paresis

Weakness

Path/o

Disease

-pathy

Disease ,emotion

Pector/o

Chest

-penia

Deficiency

-phagia

Eating, shallowing

Phas/o, phasia

Speech

Phleb/o

Vein

-plasia

Development, formation, growth

-plasty

Surgical repair

-plegia, -plegic

Paralysis, palsy

-pnea

Breathing

Pneum/o, pnuemon/o

Lung, gas, air

Post-, poster/o

After, behind

Pre-

Before, in front of

Proxim/o

Near

Pseudo

False, fake

Pulmon/o

Lung

Purul/o

Pus

Quadri-

Four

Rhino

Nose

-rrhage

Bursting forth of blood

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

Sanguin/o

Fluid, blood

-sclerosis

Hardening

-scope

Instrument to visually examine

-scopy

Process of visually examining with a scope

-sect

To cut

Seps/o

Infection

Ser/o

Fluid-serum , clear

-sis

State of

-spasm

Sudden contraction of muscle

-stasis

To stop, control, place

-static

Pertaining to stropping, controlling

-stenosis

Tightening, narrowing

-stern/o

Sternum

-stomy

New opening, (to form a mouth)

Sub-

Under, below

Supra-

Above, upper

Syncop/o

Faint

Tachy-

Fast

-tension, -tensive

Pressure

-therm/o

Heat

Thorac/o

Chest

-thorax

Chest, pleural cavity

Thromb/o

Clot

Thyroid/o

Thyroid gland

-tic

Pertaining to

-tomy

Process of cutting

-toxic

Poison

Trache/o

Trachea

Trans-

Across, through

Tri-

Three

-trophy

Development, condition of

-umbilic/o

Umbilicus, navel

Uni-

One

Ur/o

Urine, urinary tract

Ureter/o

Ureter

Urethr/o

Urethra

-uria

Urination, condition of urine

Urin/o

Urine

-us

Structure, thing

Uter/o

Uterus, womb

Vascul/o

Vessel blood

Ven/o, Ven/i

Vein

Ventr/o

Abdominal side of the body

Vertbr/o

Vertbra (Backbone)

Xer/o

Dry

-y

Condition, process