State Review - Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Flashcards
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a-
A
without, absence of
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ab-
A
away from
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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-able
A
capable
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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acr/o
A
extremity
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acou/o
A
hearing
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ad-
A
towards, to
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aden/o
A
gland
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adenoid/o
A
adenoids
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adip/o
A
fat
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adren/o
A
adrenal gland
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aer/o
A
air
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af
A
toward
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-al
A
pertaining to
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alb
A
white
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albumin/o
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albumin; simple protein
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-algia
A
pain
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alges/i
A
sense of pain
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aliment-
A
food
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alveol/o
A
alveolus; small hollow cavity
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amb/i
A
both
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ambul-
A
to walk
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amni/o
A
amnion; inner fetal membrane
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an-
without, absence of
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ana-
up, back, apart
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andr/o
male
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angi/o
vessel
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ankyl/o
stiff, crooked, bent
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an/o
anus
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ante-
before
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anti-
against
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antr/o
antrum; nearly closed cavity
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aort/o
aorta; largest artery
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-apheresis
removal
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aponeur/o
aponeurosis; flat sheet of connective tissue
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append/o
to hang from, appendix
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-ar
pertaining to
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arche-
first
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aria-
air
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arteri/o
artery
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arthr/o
joint
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articul/o
joint
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-ary
pertaining to
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-ase
referring to an enzyme
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-asis, -asia
state or condition of
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-asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
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astr/o
star shaped
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-asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
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at-
to
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atel/o
imperfect
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ather/o
fatty plaque
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atresia-
absence of a normal opening; occlusion
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atrl/o
atrium; chamber
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audi/o
hearing, sound
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aur/i
ear
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aur/o
goid
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aut/o
self
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ax-
axis
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azot/o
nitrogen; urea nitrogen waste
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bacteri/o
bacteria
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balan/o
penis
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baro-
pressure
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bi-
two, double, both
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bil-
bile; fluid secreted by the liver
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bin-
two, double
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bi/o
life
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bis-
two double
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-blast
embryonic; tissue building cell
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blast/o
developing cell
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blephar/o
eyelid
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brachi/o
arm
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brady-
slow
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole; small tubes of the bronchus
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bronchy/o
bronchus, airway
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bucc/o
cheek
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burs/o
bursa (fluid filled sac)
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cac/o
bad or ill
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cal-
pebble, stone or calcium
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calcane/o
calcaneus
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calc/i
lime, stone or calcium
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-capnis
carbon dioxide
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carcin/o
cancer of epithelial tissue
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cardi/o
heart
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cart
decay (in the tooth)
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carp/o
carpals
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cata-
downward or down
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cec/o
cecum
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-cele
hernia
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caud-
tail
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cell/o
abdomen
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cellular-
cell
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centa-
one hundred
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-centesis
surgical puncture
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cephal/o
head, brain
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cerebell/o
cerebellum, small hind brain
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cerebr/o
brain, cerebrum; large outer brain
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cervic/o
neck or neck of the uterus
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cheil/o
lip
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chem/o
drug, chemical
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chlor/o
green
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chol/e
bile, gall
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chol/o
bile, gall
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cholangi/o
bile duct
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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chori/o
chorion, outer fetal membrane
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chrome/o
color, rainbow
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chondr/o
cartilage
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-cide
kill
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circum-
around
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-cise
cut
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-clasis
break down
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-clysis
washing
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-clast
destructive cell
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clavicul/o
clavical
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co-
with together
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coccus(s)
round, spherical form of bacterial
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cocci(pl)
round spherical form of bacteria
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coel-
cavity
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colla-
glue
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col/o
large intestine, colon
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colon-
large intestine, colon
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colp/o
vagina
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com-
with, together
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con-
with, together
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coni/o
dust
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conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva; lining of the surface of the eye
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contra-
against, opposite
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core/o
pupil, heart
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corne/o
cronea
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cor/o
pupil
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cortic/o
cortex or outer layer of a gland
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
cranium, head, skull
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cribr-
sieve
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-crine
to secrete
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crista-
ridge
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-crit
to seperate
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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cubit/o
elbow
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culd/o
cul-de-sac; a blind pouch
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cul-
separating or dividing tissue
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cutane/o
skin
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cyan/o
blue
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cyesis-
pregnancy
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cyst/o
bladder
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-cyte
cell
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cyt/o
cell
