Prefix and Suffix Flashcards
(190 cards)
1
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
2
Q
Aden/o
A
Gland
3
Q
Bi/o
A
Life
4
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancer
5
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
6
Q
Cyst/o
A
Urinary bladder
7
Q
encephal/o
A
Brain
8
Q
Hem/o
A
blood
9
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
10
Q
Hydr/o
A
Water
11
Q
Inguin/o
A
Groin
12
Q
Mamm/o
A
Breast
13
Q
Morph/o
A
Shape
14
Q
Muc/o
A
mucus
15
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
16
Q
necr/o
A
death
17
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
18
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
19
Q
oste/o
A
bone
20
Q
ot/o
A
Ear
21
Q
Path/o
A
disease
22
Q
phag/o
A
to eat
23
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
24
Q
plas/o
A
formation
25
pnuemon/o
lungs
26
radi/o
x-rays
27
rect/o
rectum
28
ren/o
kidney
29
rhin/o
nose
30
sarc/o
flesh
31
thromb/o
clot
32
trache/o
trachea
33
ven/o
vein
34
-algia
pain
35
-cele
hernia
36
-cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
37
-cyte
cell
38
-dynia
pain
39
-ectomy
removal
40
-emia
blood condition
41
-genesis
forming
42
-gram
record
43
-graph
instrument for recording
44
-itis
inflammation
45
-logy
study of
46
-lysis
breakdown
47
-oma
tumor
48
-opsy
to view
49
-osis
condition
50
-pathy
disease condition
51
-penia
deficiency
52
-phobia
fear
53
-plasia
development
54
-plasty
surgical repair
55
-scope
instrument for visual examintation
56
-stasis
controlling
57
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
58
-therapy
treatment
59
-tomy
incision
60
-trophy
development
61
-er
one who
62
-ia
condition
63
-ist
specialist
64
-ole
little, small
65
-ule
little, small
66
-um
structure, tissue
67
-us
structure, substance
68
-y
condtion, process
69
Pertaining to
-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -eal
70
-genic
pertaining to producing
71
-ic
pertaining to
72
-oid
resemble
73
-ose
full of
74
carp/o
wrist bones
75
cis/o
to cut
76
cost/o
rib
77
cutane/o
skin
78
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
79
duct/o
to lead, carry
80
flex/o
to bend
81
gloss/o
tongue
82
glyc/o
sugar
83
immun/o
protection
84
mort/o
death
85
nat/i
birth
86
norm/o
rule, order
87
ox/o
oxygen
88
pub/o
pubis
89
seps/o
infection
90
somn/o
sleep
91
son/o
sound
92
the/o
to put
93
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
94
thyro/o
thyroid
95
top/o
place
96
tox/o
poison
97
urethr/o
urethra
98
-blast
embryonic
99
-crine
to secrete
100
-drome
to run
101
-fusion
coming together
102
-gea
substance that produces
103
-lapse
to slide
104
-meter
to measure
105
-mission
to send
106
-or
one who
107
-oxia
oxygen
108
-partum
birth, labor
109
-phoria
to bear
110
-physis
to grow
111
-plasm
structure of formation
112
-pnea
breathing
113
-ptosis
falling
114
-rrhea
flow
115
-a-, an-
no, not
116
ab-
away from
117
ad-
toward
118
ana-
up, apart
119
ante-
before, forward
120
anti-
against
121
auto-
self, own
122
bi-
two
123
brady-
slow
124
cata-
down
125
con-
with, together
126
contra-
against, opposite
127
de-
down
128
dia-
complete
129
dys-
bad, painful
130
ec-
out, outside
131
endo-
in, within
132
epi-
above
133
eu-
good, normal
134
ex-
out, outside
135
hemi-
half
136
hyper-
above
137
hypo-
under
138
in-
into, within
139
infra-
beneath
140
inter-
between
141
intra-
into
142
macro-
large
143
mal-
bad
144
meta-
beyond
145
micro-
small
146
neo-
new
147
pan-
all
148
para-
abnormal
149
per-
through
150
peri-
surrounding
151
poly-
many
152
post-
after
153
pre-
in front of
154
pro-
forward
155
pros-
forward
156
re-
again
157
retro-
backward
158
sub-
under
159
supra-
upper
160
syn-, sym-
together
161
tachy-
fast
162
trans-
across
163
ultra-
beyond
164
uni-
one
165
cephal/o
head
166
cerebr/o
cerebrum
167
cis/o
to cut
168
crin/o
to secrete
169
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
170
electr/o
electricity
171
enter/o
intestines
172
erythr/o
red
173
gastr/o
stomach
174
gnos/o
knowlege
175
gynec/o
women
176
hemat/o
blood
177
latr/o
physician
178
leuk/o
white
179
log/o
study of
180
onc/o
tumor
181
ophthalm/o
eye
182
ped/o
child
183
psych/o
mind
184
ren/o
kidney
185
sect/o
to cut
186
-ion
process
187
-ist
specialist
188
-osis
usually abnormal
189
-scopy
process of visual examination
190
-sis
state of
