Common Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots Flashcards
(36 cards)
1
Q
a-/an-
A
deficiency, lack of
2
Q
-aemia
A
of the blood
3
Q
angio-
A
vessel
4
Q
brady-
A
slow
5
Q
broncho-
A
bronchus
6
Q
card-
A
heart
7
Q
chole-
A
bile or gall bladder
8
Q
cyto-
A
cell
9
Q
derm-
A
skin
10
Q
dys-
A
difficult
11
Q
-ema
A
swelling
12
Q
entero-
A
intestine
13
Q
erythro-
A
red
14
Q
gast-
A
stomach
15
Q
-globin
A
protein
16
Q
haem-/haemo-
A
blood
17
Q
hepat-
A
liver
18
Q
-hydr-
A
water
19
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
20
Q
-kinesia
A
movement, motion
21
Q
leuco-
A
white
22
Q
lymph-
A
lymph tissue/vessels
23
Q
lyso-/-lysis
A
breaking down
24
Q
myo-
A
muscle
25
nephro-
kidney
26
neuro-
nerve
27
-ology
study of
28
-oma
tumor
29
-opthth-
eye
30
os-/osteo-
bone
31
path-
disease
32
-penia-
deficiency of
33
tachy-
excessively fast
34
-tox-
poison
35
-uria
urine
36
vaso-
vessel
