Suffix And Prefix Flashcards
A/an
Without, absense of
Asystole
Dys
Difficult
Dyspnea
Hepato
Having to do with liver
Hepatitis
Intra
Inside
Intracranial
Myo
Muscle
Myocardium
Neo
New
Neonate
Peri
Around
Periosteum
Pulmo
Lungs
Pulmonary
Retro-
Behind
Retroperitoneal
Tachy-
Rapid
Tachycardia
Vaso
Having to do with vessels
Vasogenic
-algia
Pain, having to do with pain
Neuralgia
-ectomy
Remove surgically
Appendectomy
-emia
Blood
Hypoglycemia
-esthesia
Sensation
Paresthesia
-genic
Originating from
Electrocardiogram
-ia
State or condition
Pneumonia
-ion
Process
Extraction
-itis
Inflammation
Arthritis
-ology
Science of
Osteology
-opia
Vision
Myopia
-(o)stomy
To make an opening
Tracheostomy
-(o)tomy
Cutting into
Lobotomy
-Pathy
Disease of
Osteopathy
-plegia
Paralysis
Hemiplegia
-paresis
Weakness
Hemiparisis
-pnea
Breathing
Dyspnea