Chapter 1 Flashcards
(117 cards)
1
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General purpose roots
gen/o
JIN-oh
A
creation, cause
2
Q
General purpose roots
hydr/o
HAI-droh
A
water
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Q
General purpose roots
morph/o
MOR-foh
A
change
4
Q
General purpose roots
myc/o
MAI-koh
A
fungus
5
Q
General purpose roots
necr/o
NEK-roh
A
death
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Q
General purpose roots
orth/o
OR-thoh
A
straight
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Q
General purpose roots
path/o
PAH-thoh
A
suffering, disease
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Q
General purpose roots
phag/o
FAY-goh
A
eat
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Q
General purpose roots
plas/o
PLAS-oh
A
formation
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Q
General purpose roots
py/o
PAI-oh
A
pus
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Q
General purpose roots
scler/o
SKLEH-roh
A
hard
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Q
General purpose roots
sten/o
STIH-noh
A
narrowing
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Q
General purpose roots
troph/o
TROH-foh
A
nourishment, development
14
Q
General purpose roots
xen/o
ZEE-noh
A
foreign
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Q
Diminutive
-icle
ik-el
A
small
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Q
Diminutive
-ole
ohl
A
small
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Q
Diminutive
-ule
yool
A
small
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Q
Diminutive
-ula
yoo-lah
A
small
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Q
Complex suffixes that are professional terms
-iatrics
ee-AH-triks
A
medical science
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Q
Complex suffixes that are professional terms
-iatry
AI-ah-tree
A
medical science
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Q
Complex suffixes that are professional terms
-iatrist
EE-ah-trist
A
specialist in medicine of
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Q
Complex suffixes that are professional terms
-ist
ist
A
specialist
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Q
Complex suffixes that are professional terms
-logist
loh-jist
A
specialist in the study of
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Q
Complex suffixes that are professional terms
-logy
loh-jee
A
study of
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-algia
| AL-jah
pain
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-dynia
| DAI-nee-ah
pain
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-cele
| SEEL
hernia (a bulging of tissue where it doesn't belong)
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-emia
| EE-mee-ah
blood condition
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-iasis
| AI-ah-sis
presence of
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-itis
| AI-tis
inflammation
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-lysis
| lih-sis
loosen, break down
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-penia
| PEE-nee-ah
deficiency
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-pathy
| pah-thee
disease
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-osis
| OH-sis
condition
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-oma
| OH-mah
tumor
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-oid
| OYD
resembling
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-megaly
| MEH-gah-lee
enlargement
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-malacia
| mah-LAY-shah
abnormal softening
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-rrhage
| RIJ
excessive flow
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-ptosis
| puh-TOH-sis
drooping
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-spasm
| SPAZ-um
involuntary contraction
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-rrhexis
| REK-sis
rupture
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-rrhea
| REE-ah
flow
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# Suffixes that describes symptoms, diseases, and conditions
-rrhagia
| RAY-jee-ah
excessive flow
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# Suffixes that mean test
-scopy
| skoh-pee
process of looking
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# Suffixes that mean test
-scope
| skhop
instrument used to look
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# Suffixes that mean test
-metry
| meh-tree
process of measuring
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# Suffixes that mean test
-meter
| mee-ter
instrument used to measure
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# Suffixes that mean test
-graphy
| grah-fee
process of recording
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# Suffixes that mean test
-graph
| graf
instrument used to produce a record
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# Suffixes that mean test
-gram
| gram
written record
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# Suffixes that mean test
-centesis
| sin-TEE-sis
puncture
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# Complex suffixes that mean treatment
-tomy
| toh-mee
incision
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# Complex suffixes that mean treatment
-stomy
| stoh-mee
creation of an opening
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# Complex suffixes that mean treatment
-rrhaphy
| rah-fee
suture
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# Complex suffixes that mean treatment
-plasty
| PLAS-tee
reconstruction
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# Complex suffixes that mean treatment
-pexy
| PEK-see
surgical fixation
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# Complex suffixes that mean treatment
-ectomy
| EK-toh-mee
removal
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# Complex suffixes that mean treatment
-desis
| DEE-sis
binding fixation
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# Singular and plurals
-y
-ies
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# Singular and plurals
-us
-i
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# Singular and plurals
-um
-a
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# Singular and plurals
-on
-a
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# Singular and plurals
-ma
-mata
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# Singular and plurals
-is
-es
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# Singular and plurals
-ix
-ices
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# Singular and plurals
-ex
-ices
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# Singular and plurals
-ax
-aces
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# Singular and plurals
-a
-ae
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# Negation prefixes
de-
| dee
down, away from
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# Negation prefixes
contra-
| KON-trah
against
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# Negation prefixes
anti-
| AN-tee
against
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# Negation prefixes
an-
| an
not
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# Negation prefixes
a-
| ay
not
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# Time or speed prefixes
re-
| ree
again
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# Time or speed prefixes
post-
| pohst
after
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# Time or speed prefixes
tachy-
| tak-ih
fast
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# Time or speed prefixes
brady-
| brah-dih
slow
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# Time or speed prefixes
pro-
| proh
before, on behalf of
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# Time or speed prefixes
pre-
| pree
before
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# Time or speed prefixes
ante-
| an-tee
before
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# Direction or position prefixes
ex-
| eks
out
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# Direction or position prefixes
ec-
| ek
out
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# Direction or position prefixes
e-
| eh
out
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# Direction or position prefixes
trans-
| tranz
through
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# Direction or position prefixes
dia-
| dai-ah
through
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# Direction or position prefixes
peri-
| per-ee
around
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# Direction or position prefixes
circum-
| sir-kum
around
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# Direction or position prefixes
ab-
| ab
away
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# Direction or position prefixes
ad-
| ad
toward
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# Direction or position prefixes
inter-
| in-ter
between
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# Direction or position prefixes
sub-
| sub
beneath
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# Direction or position prefixes
epi-
| eh-pee
upon
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# Direction or position prefixes
intra-
| in-trah
in, inside
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# Direction or position prefixes
endo-
| en-doh
in, inside
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# Direction or position prefixes
en-
| en
in, inside
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# Direction or position prefixes
extra-
| eks-trah
outside
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# Direction or position prefixes
exo-
| ek-soh
outside
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# Direction or position prefixes
ecto-
| ek-toh
outside
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# Size or quantity prefixes
micro-
| mai-kroh
small
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# Size or quantity prefixes
macro-
| mak-roh
large
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# Size or quantity prefixes
hypo-
| hai-poh
under
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# Size or quantity prefixes
hyper-
| hai-per
over
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# Size or quantity prefixes
semi-
| she-mee
half
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# Size or quantity prefixes
hemi-
| heh-mee
half
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# Size or quantity prefixes
bi-
| bai
two
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# Size or quantity prefixes
multi-
| mul-tee
many
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# Size or quantity prefixes
poly-
| paw-lee
many
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# Size or quantity prefixes
pan-
| pan
all
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# Size or quantity prefixes
oligo-
| aw-lih-goh
few
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# Size or quantity prefixes
uni-
| yoo-nee
one
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# Size or quantity prefixes
mono-
| maw-noh
one
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# General prefixes
eu-
| yoo
good
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# General prefixes
dys-
| dis
bad
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# General prefixes
sym-
| sim
with, together
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# General prefixes
syn-
| sin
with, together
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# General prefixes
con-
| kon
with, together
