MT prefixes/suffixes Flashcards by Thu Pham

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Chem/o

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Chemical

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Cis/o

A

To Cut

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hydr/o

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Water

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Immun/o

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Immune

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Laryng/o

A

Voice box

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Morph/o

A

Shape

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Path/o

A

Disease

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Ur/o

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Urine, urinary tract

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Anti-

A

Against

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Auto-

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Self

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Brady-

Slow

Dys-

Painful, difficult

Endo-

Within, inner

Epi-

Upon, over

Eu-

Normal, good

Hetero-

Different

Homo-

Same

Hyper-

Over, above

Hypo-

Under, below

Infra-

Under, beneath, below

Inter-

Among, between

Intra-

Within, inside

Macro-

Large

Micro-

Small

Neo-

New

Pan-

All

Para-

Beside, beyond, near

Per-

Through

Peri-

Around

Post-

After

Pre-

Before, in front of

Pseudo-

False

Retro-

Backward, behind

Sub-

Under, below

Super-

Above, excess

Supra-

Above

Tachy-

Rapid, fast

Trans-

Through, across

Ultra-

Beyond, excess

A-

Without, away from

An-

Without

Ante-

Before, in front of

Bi-

Two

Hemi-

Half

Mono-

One

Multi-

Many

Nulli-

None

Poly-

Many

Quad-

Four

Semi-

Partial, half

Tri-

Three

Uni-

One

-algia

Pain

-cele

Hernia, protrusion

-cise

Cut

-cute

Cell

-dynia

Pain

-ectasis

Dilation

-gen

That which produces

-genesis

Produces, generates

-genic

Producing, produced by

-ia

State, condition

-iasis

Abnormal condition

-ism

State of

-itis

Inflammation

-logist

One who studies

-logy

Study of

-lysis

Destruction

-malacia

Abnormal softening

-megaly

Enlargement, large

-Oma

Tumor, mass

-pathy

Disease

-plasia

Development growth

-plasm

Formation, development

-ptosis

Drooping

-rrhage

Excessive, abnormal flow

-rrhea

Discharge, flow

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Hardening

-stenosis

Narrowing

-therapy

Treatment

-trophy

Nourishment, development

Fundamental meaning of a term

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