MBC 180 Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
(115 cards)
1
Q
epi-
A
on/upon
2
Q
hyper-
A
over
3
Q
hypo-
A
under
4
Q
intra-
A
within
5
Q
para-
A
beside
6
Q
per-
A
through
7
Q
peri-
A
surrounding
8
Q
sub-
A
under
9
Q
-coccus
A
spherical bacterium
10
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
11
Q
-ia
A
condition
12
Q
-malacia
A
softening
13
Q
-opsy
A
view of
14
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
15
Q
-rrhea
A
discharge
16
Q
-tome
A
an instrument to cut
17
Q
-tomy
A
to cut
18
Q
inter-
A
between
19
Q
supra-
A
above
20
Q
sym-, syn-
A
together
21
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
22
Q
-blast
A
embryonic
23
Q
-clast, -clasia, -clasis
A
break
24
Q
-desis
A
bind together
25
-listhesia
slipping
26
-malacia
softening
27
-physis
to grow
28
-porosis
passage, cavity formation
29
-schisis
split
30
-stenosis
narrowing
31
-tome
instrument that cuts
32
-tomy
incision
33
a-, an-
not
34
endo-
within
35
eu-
good
36
dys-
difficult
37
pan-
all
38
poly-
many
39
-algia
pain
40
-ar, -ary, -eal
pertaining to
41
-capnia
carbon dioxide
42
-centesis
puncture to remove (drain)
43
-dynia
pain
44
-ectasis
stretching
45
-emia
blood
46
-gram
record
47
-graph
recording instrument
48
-graphy
recording process
49
-itis
inflammation
50
-meter
measurement or instrument that measures
51
-metry
measurement of
52
-osmia
smell
53
-oxia
oxygen
54
-pexy
fixation
55
-phonia
sound
56
-pnea
breathing
57
-ptysis
spitting
58
-rrhage, -rrhagia
abnormal; excessive flow
59
-scopy
to examine
60
-spasm
contraction of muscle
61
-sphyxia
pulse
62
-stenosis
blockage, narrowing
63
-stomy
opening
64
-thorax
chest
65
-tomy
cutting, incision
66
a-, an-
not
67
bi-
two
68
brady-
slow
69
de-
lack of
70
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
71
endo-
in
72
hyper-
over
73
hypo-
under
74
inter-
between
75
intra-
within
76
meta-
change, after
77
peri-
surrounding
78
tachy-
fast
79
tetra-
four
80
tri-
three
81
-dialation
widening, expanding
82
-emia
blood
83
-graphy
recording process
84
-lysis
separation
85
-megaly
enlargement
86
-oma
tumor
87
-osis
condition
88
-plasty
repair
89
-sclerosis
hardening
90
-stenosis
blockage, narrowing
91
-tomy
cutting, incision
92
ante-
before
93
dys-
painful
94
ecto-
outside
95
endo-
in
96
extra-
outside
97
in-
into
98
intra-
within
99
multi-
many
100
neo-
new
101
nulli-, nulti-
none
102
post-
after
103
primi-
first
104
psuedo-
false
105
retro-
backwards
106
uni-
one
107
-arche
beginning
108
-cyesis, -gravida
pregnancy
109
-rrhexis
rupture
110
-para
woman who has given birth
111
-parous
to bear
112
-rrhea
discharge
113
-salpinx
uterine tube
114
-tocia
labor
115
-version
turning
