Unit 1: Root, Combining Vowel, Prefix, Suffix Flashcards by HANNAH ESPINOZA

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Blood

A

Heme

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Blood Vessels

A

Angio/Vaso/Vasculo

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Skin

A

Derm/Dermat/Cutane/o

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Lungs

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Pneum/Pulmon

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Joint

A

Arthr

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Small Intestine

A

Enter

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Heart

A

Card

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Stomach

A

Gastr

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Liver

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Hepat

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Nerve

A

Neur

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Creation/Cause

A

Gen

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Water

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Hydr

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Change

A

Morph

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Fungus

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Myc

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Death

A

Necr

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Straight

A

Orth

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Suffering/Disease

A

Path

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Eat

A

Phag

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Formation

A

Plas

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Pus

A

Py

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Hard

A

Scler

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Narrowing

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Sten

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Nourishment/Development

A

Troph

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Foreign

A

Xen

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Dry

Xer

Fundamental meaning of a medical term

Root

Not/No

a-, an-

Against

anti-, contra-

Down/Away From

de-

Before

ante-, pre-, pro-

After

post-

Slow

brady-

Fast

tachy-

Against

re-

Away

ab-

Toward

ad-

Around

circum-, peri-

Through

dia-, trans-

Exit

e-, ex-

Outside

ecto-, exo-, extra-

In/Inside

en-, endo-, intra-

Upon

epi-

Below

sub-

Between

inter-

Two

bi-

Half

hemi-, semi-

Over

hyper-

Under

hypo-

Large

macro-

Small

micro-

One

uni-, mono-

Few

oligo-

All

pan-

Many

poly-, multi-

With/Together

con-, syn-, sym-

Bad

dys-

Good

eu-

Attached to the beginning of a medical term to modify meaning

Prefix

Pertaining to

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous

Condition

-ia, -ism

Tissue/Structure

-ium

Condition/Procedure

-y

Small

-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula

Medical Science

-iatrics, -iatry

Specialist in Medicine of

-iatrist

Specialist

-ist

Specialist in the study of

-logist

Study of

-logy

Pain

-algia, -dynia

Hernia

-cele

Blood Condition

-emia

Presence of

-iasis

Inflammation

-itis

Loosen/Break Down

-lysis

Abnormal Softening

-malacia

Enlargement

-megaly

Resembling

-oid

Tumor

-oma

Deficiency

-penia

Drooping

-ptosis

Excessive Flow

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Flow

-rrhea

Rupture

-rrhexis

Involuntary Contraction

-spasm

Puncture

-centesis

Written Record

-gram

Instruments used to produce record

-graph

Process of recording

-graphy

Instrument used to measure

-meter

Process of measuring

-metry

Instrument used to look

-scope

Process of looking

-scopy

Binding/Fixation

-desis

Removal

-ectomy

Suture

-rrhaphy

Creation of an opening

-stomy

Incision

-tomy

Condition

-osis

Disease

-pathy

Surgical Fixation

-pexy

Reconstruction

-plasty

Attached to end of medical term to modify meaning.

Suffix