Foundations Flashcards
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Eu-
A
Good, easy, or normal
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Dys-
A
Difficult, painful, or bad
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Anti-
A
Against
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Ad-
A
Towards
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Ab-
A
Away from
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An-
A
Without or no, absence
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Q
A-
A
Without or no, absence
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Post-
A
After
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Peri-
A
Pertaining to the period around
10
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Pre-
A
before or proceeding
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Endo-
A
Within or inside
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Ex- or Exo-
A
Without, out of, outside, or away from
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Ecto-
A
Outside
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Hyper-
A
Elevated higher, or more than normal
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Hypo-
A
Depressed, lower, or less than normal
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Inter-
A
Between
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Intra-
A
Within
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Poly-
A
Many or excessive
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Oligo-
A
Scant or little
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Sub-
A
Below, under or less
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Super- or Supra-
A
Above, beyond, or excessive
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Epi-
A
Upper
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Extra-
A
Outside
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Infra-
A
Below, beneath
25
Inter-
Between
26
Intra-
Within
27
Meta-
Beyond
28
Per-
Throughout
29
Sub-
Below, under, or decreased
30
Trans-
Across
31
Ultra-
Above, increased, or more than normal
32
-penia
Deficiency or reduction in number
33
-itis
Inflammation
34
-ion
Action, process, state, or condition
35
-is
State or condition
36
-algia and -dynia
Pain
37
-rrhexis
Rupture
38
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
39
-rrhaphy
To structure
40
-rrhagia or -rrhage
Bursting forth
41
-therapy
Treatment
42
-scope
Procedure to visually examine
43
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
44
-lysis
Separation or breakdown
45
-ectomy
Surgical removal or excision
46
-stomy
Surgically created opening
47
-graphy
Procedure that records
48
-graph
Instrument that records
49
-gram
Record of
50
-tomy
Cutting into
51
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
52
-plasty
Surgical repair
53
-pexy
Suture to stabilize
54
-ive
Performs or tends toward
55
-malacia
Abnormal softening
56
-megaly
Enlargement
57
-osis
Abnormal condition
58
-pathy
Disease
59
-sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
60
-um
Structure
61
-us
Thing
62
-ac
Pertaining to
63
-al
Pertaining to
64
-an
Pertaining to
65
-ar
Pertaining to
66
-ray
Pertaining to
67
-eat
Pertaining to
68
-ic
Pertaining to
69
-ine
Pertaining to
70
-out
Pertaining to
71
-tic
Pertaining to
72
Traumatic
Pertaining to injury
73
Uria
Urination
74
Gastr/o
Stomach
75
Enter /o
Small intestine
76
Leuk /o
White