Common roots, suffixes, and prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
2
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
3
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine
4
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
5
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
6
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
7
Q
hem/o or hemat/o
A
blood
8
Q
my/o or muscul/o
A
muscle
9
Q
angi/o vas/o vascul/o
A
vessel
10
Q
derm/o dermat/o cutane/o
A
skin
11
Q
pneum/o pneumon/o pulmon/o
A
lung
12
Q
gen/o
A
creation, cause
13
Q
hydr/o
A
water
14
Q
morph/o
A
change
15
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
16
Q
necr/o
A
death
17
Q
orth/o
A
straight
18
Q
path/o
A
suffering, disease
19
Q
phag/o
A
eat
20
Q
plas/o
A
formation
21
Q
py/o
A
pus
22
Q
scler/o
A
hard
23
Q
sten/o
A
narrowing
24
Q
troph/o
A
nourishment, development
25
xen/o
foreign
26
-ac
pertaining to
27
-al
pertaining to
28
-ar
pertaining to
29
-ary
pertaining to
30
-eal
pertaining to
31
-ic
pertaining to
32
-tic
pertaining to
33
-ous
pertaining to
34
-ia
condition
35
-ism
condition
36
-ium
tissue, structure
37
-y
condition, procedure
38
-algia
pain
39
-dynia
pain
40
-cele
hernia
41
-emia
blood condition
42
-iasis
presence of
43
-itis
inflammation
44
-lysis
loosen, break down
45
-malacia
abnormal softening
46
-megaly
enlargement
47
-oid
resembling
48
-oma
tumor
49
-osis
condition
50
-pathy
disease
51
-penia
deficiency
52
-ptosis
drooping
53
-rrhage
excessive flow
54
-rrhgia
excessive flow
55
-rrhea
flow
56
-rrhexis
rupture
57
-spasm
involuntary contraction
58
-centesis
puncture
59
-gram
written record
60
-graph
instrument used to produce a record
61
-graphy
writing procedure
62
-meter
instrument used to measure
63
-metry
process of measuring
64
-scope
instrument used to look
65
-scopy
process of looking
66
-desis
binding, fixation
67
-ectomy
removal
68
-pexy
surgical fixation
69
-plasty
reconstruction
70
-rrhaphy
suture
71
-stomy
creation of an opening
72
-tomy
incision
73
a-
not
74
an-
not
75
anti-
against
76
contra-
against
77
de-
down, away from
78
ante-
before
79
pre-
before
80
pro-
before, on behalf of
81
brady-
slow
82
tachy-
fast
83
post-
after
84
re-
again
85
ab-
away
86
ad-
toward
87
circum-
around
88
peri-
around
89
dia-
through
90
trans-
through
91
e-
out
92
ec-
out
93
ex-
out
94
ecto-
outside
95
exo-
outside
96
extra-
outside
97
en-
in, inside
98
endo-
in, inside
99
intra-
in, inside
100
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