Medical Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes Flashcards
(168 cards)
1
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-ache
A
pain
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aden(o)
A
gland, glandular tissue
3
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aer(o)
A
air, with air, with oxygen, in gas
4
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alg-
A
pain
5
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-algia
A
pain
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angi(o)
A
blood vessel
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ante-
A
before, forward, in front of
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anti-
A
against
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arteri(o)
A
artery
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arthr(o)
A
joint
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-ase
A
enzyme
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audi(o)
A
hearing
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brady-
A
slow
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bronch(o)
A
bronchial tube, bronchus
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carcin(o)
A
cancer
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cardi, cardia, cardio
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heart
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-cele
A
hernia, protrusion, tumor
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-centesis
A
surgical procedure
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cephal(o)
A
head
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cerebr(o)
A
cerebrum, brain
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cervic(o)
A
neck, cervix
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chol(e)
A
bile, gall
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chondr(o)
A
cartilage
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-coccus, -cocci
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bacterium, bacteria, organism
25
col(o)
colon
26
cortic(o)
cortex
27
cost(o)
rib
28
crani(o)
skull, cranium
29
cyan(o)
blue
30
cyst(o)
bladder
31
cyt(o)
cell
32
-cyte
cell
33
dent-
tooth
34
derm(o), dermat(o)
skin
35
dipl(o)
double, twofold
36
dors(o)
back
37
dys-
difficult, abnormal, bad, painful
38
-ectomy
excision, removal, to cut out
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-emia
blood condition
40
encephal(o)
brain, inside the head
41
end(o)-
inside, internal, within
42
enter(o)
intestine
43
epi-
outer, upon
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erythr(o)
red
45
eu-
normal, well, good
46
inter-
between, among
47
intra-
within, inside
48
iso-
equal, same
49
-itis
inflammation
50
kerat(o)
cornea
51
lact(o)
milk
52
laryng(o)
larynx, voice box
53
leuk(o)
white
54
lingu
tongue
55
lip(o)
fat
56
lith(o)
stone, calculus
57
-logist
one who studies or specializes
58
-logy
the study of
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, dissolution
60
macro-
large
61
mal-
bad, abnormal, inadequate
62
-malacia
soft, softening, softness
63
mamm-
breast, mammary gland
64
megalo-
large, enlarged, grandiose
65
-megaly
enlargement
66
melan(o)
dark pigmented, black
67
men(o)
menstruation, menses
68
mening(o)
meninges
69
extra-
outside, beyond
70
gastr(o)
stomach
71
-genic
producing, originating, forming
72
ger(o)
old age
73
gingiv(o)
gum, gums
74
gloss(o)
tongue
75
gluc(o)
sugar
76
glyc(o)
sugar, sweet
77
-gram
picture, graph, record
78
-graph
recording instrument
79
hemo-, hema-
blood
80
hemat(o)
blood
81
hemi-
half
82
hepat(o)
liver
83
hidr(o)
sweat, sweat glands
84
hist(o)
tissue
85
homo-
same, alike, similar
86
hydr
water
87
hydro-
water, fluid, liquid
88
hyper-
excessive, high, above, upward
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hypo-
deficient, low, below, down, under
90
-iasis
condition of disease
91
immun(o)
immune
92
infra-
below, beneath
93
-metry
process of measuring or counting
94
micro-
small
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my(o)
muscle
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myc(o)
fungus, fungi
97
myel(o)
bone marrow, spinal cord
98
nas(o)
nose
99
-natal
birth, infant
100
nephr(o)
kidney
101
neur(o)
nerve
102
non-
not
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odont
tooth
104
-oma
tumor, abnormal growth
105
onco-
tumor
106
onych-
nail of the finger or toe
107
ophthalm(o)
wision, eye
108
-opia
vision, eye
109
opt-
vision, eye
110
orchi
testes, testis
111
-osis
condition, increase, disorder
112
oste(o)
bone
113
ot(o)
ear
114
-pathy
disease, anomaly
115
pelv(i), pelv(o)
pelvis
116
-penia
deficiency, low number
117
-pepsia
digestion
118
peri-
near, around, surrounding
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-pexy
fixation
120
phag(o)
eat, swallow, consume
121
pharyng(o)
pharynx
122
phleb(o)
vein
123
-phobia
fear of
124
physi(o)
body function, bodily process
125
-plasia
development, formation
126
-plasty
surgical repair or restoration
127
-plegia
paralysis
128
-pnea
breathing, breath
129
pneum(o)
air, lung
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pod(o)
foot
131
poly-
much, many, several, excessive
132
post-
after
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pre-
before, in front of, earlier than
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presby(o)
old age
135
proct(o)
anus, rectum
136
psych(o)
mind, mental
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-ptosis
prolapse, sagging, sagged
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pulmon-
lung
139
py(o)
puss
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pyel(o)
pelvis of kidney, renal pelvis
141
pyr-, pyro-
fever, heat
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radi(o)
x-ray, radiation
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ren(o)
kidney
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retro-
behind, backward, in back of
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rhin(o)
nose
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-rrhagia
excessive discharge or flow
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-rrhea
excessive discharge or flow
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salping(o)
fallopian tube
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scler(o)
hard, hardening
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-scope
instrument used to exam or look
151
-scopy
examining, viewing
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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spondyl(o)
spine, vertebra, vertebrae
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-stomy
surgical opening
155
sub-
under, beneath, below
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tachy-
fast, rapid
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thorac(o)
chest, thorax
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thromb(o)
blood clot
159
thyr(o)
thyroid
160
-tomy
incision, incise, to cut into
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toxi-
poison
162
trache-
trachea, windpipe
163
trans-
across, over, through, transfer
164
-trophy
growth, development
165
urethr(o)
urethra
166
-uria
urine
167
vas(o)
blood vessel, vas deferens
168
ven(o)
vein
