Unit 1 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Flashcards

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1
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-ac

A

Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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Ana

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Up, back, apart

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Andr/o

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Male

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Ante

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Before/ in front of

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Anti

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Against

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Ax

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Axis

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Bi

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Two, double, both

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Bracci/o

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Arm

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Bucc/o

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Cheek

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Caud

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Tail

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cervic/o

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Neck

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Chrom/o

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Color

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Crani/o

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Cranium, helmet

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Cubit/o

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Elbow

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Cyt/o

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Bladder

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-cyte

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Cell

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Dia

A

Through, apart, across

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Dist

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Away from the point of origin

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Dors

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Back

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25
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Femor/o

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Femur, upper leg bone

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Gen

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To produce, origin

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27
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-genesis

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To produce, origin

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-genic

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To produce, origin

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Home/o

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Same; unchanging constant state

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Hyper

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Above, more than normal

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Hypo

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Below, less than normal

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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ili/o

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Ilium (hip bone)

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Later/o

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Side

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-lemma

A

Membrane

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Med/i

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Middle

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My/o

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Muscle

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Neur/o

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Neuron, nerve

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-oid

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Resembling

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-ologist

A

Specialist

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-ology

A

The study of

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-oma

A

Mass, tumor

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Organ/o

A

Body parts with special functions

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Or/o

A

Mouth

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Orb

A

Circle, orbit

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-osis

A

Conditions of

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-ous

A

Pertaining to

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Pariet/o

A

Wall

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Path/o

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Disease

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-pathy

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Relating to disease

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Pelv/i

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Pelvis - hips

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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum - membrane of the abdominal pelvic organs

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Physi/o

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Function

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Pleur/o

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Lung, rib area

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Pro

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Before, for

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Proxim/o

A

Near point of origin

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Pub/o

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Pubis/ pelvic bone

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Retr/o

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Behind, backward

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Sacr/o

A

Flesh

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-sis

A

State of; condition

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Spin/o

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Spine

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-stasis

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Standing still; stop

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Thorac/o

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Chest; thorax

66
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-tomy

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Incision

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Umbilic/o

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Umbilicus; navel or belly button

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Ventr/o

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Front

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Viscer/o

A

Internal organs

70
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Abdomin/o

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Abdomin