Prefix/Root/Suffix Glossary Flashcards
(220 cards)
1
Q
a, an-
A
absent, without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
abdomin/o-
A
abdomen
4
Q
acou-
A
hearing
5
Q
ad-
A
toward, near, to
6
Q
aden/o-
A
gland
7
Q
af-
A
to, toward
8
Q
alba-
A
white
9
Q
alg-
A
pain
10
Q
ana-
A
up, back
11
Q
angi/o-
A
vessel
12
Q
ante-
A
before
13
Q
anti-
A
against
14
Q
arthr/o-
A
joint
15
Q
atel-
A
imperfect, incomplete
16
Q
auto-
A
self
17
Q
bi-
A
two, twice
18
Q
bio-
A
life
19
Q
blasto-
A
growth, budding
20
Q
brachi/o-
A
arm
21
Q
brachy-
A
short
22
Q
brady-
A
slow
23
Q
bronch-
A
air passage
24
Q
carcin/o-
A
cancer
25
cardi/o-
heart
26
carp/o-
wrist
27
cata-
down
28
caud-
tail
29
celi/o-
abdomen
30
cephal/o-
head
31
cerebr/o-
brain
32
cervic-
neck
33
chem/o-
chemical
34
chondr/o-
cartilage
35
circum-
around
36
co, com-
with, together
37
con, contra-
opposite, against
38
cost/o-
ribs
39
crani/o-
skull, head
40
cut-
skin
41
cyan/o-
blue
42
cyst-
bladder, sac
43
cyt/o-
cell
44
dactyl/o-
digits, fingers or toes
45
de-
down, from
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derm-
skin
47
di-
two, twice
48
diplo-
double
49
dis-
apart, away
50
duct-
lead, conduct
51
dys-
difficult, diseased
52
ecto-
outside
53
edem-
swelling
54
endo-
within
55
enter/o-
intestine
56
epi-
on, over, upon
57
erythr/o-
red
58
eu-
normal, good
59
ex-
out of
60
exo-
without, outside of
61
extra-
outside of, in addition to, beyond
62
fasci-
band
63
fore-
before, in front
64
gastr/o-
stomach
65
gluco, glyco-
sugar
66
gyn/o, gyne/co-
woman, female
67
haplo-
single, simple
68
hema, hemato, hemo-
blood
69
hemi-
half
70
hepat/o-
liver
71
hetero-
different
72
hist/o-
tissue
73
homeo-
unchanged
74
homo-
same
75
hydr/o-
water
76
hyper-
excessive, above
77
hypo-
beneath, under, deficient
78
idio-
distinct, peculiar to the individual
79
inter-
between, among
80
intra-
within
81
is/o-
equal, the same
82
kinesi/o-
movement
83
labi-
lip
84
lacri-
tears
85
lact/o-
milk
86
leuc/o, leuk/o-
white
87
lip/o-
fat
88
macr/o-
large
89
mal-
poor, bad
90
medi-
middle
91
mega-
large
92
meta-
next to, beyond
93
micr/o-
small
94
mon/o-
one
95
morph/o-
shape, form
96
multi-
many
97
my/o-
muscle
98
narco-
sleep
99
nat/a-
birth
100
neo-
new
101
nephr/o-
kidney
102
neur/o-
nerve
103
non-
not
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ocul/o-
eye
105
olig/o-
few, scanty
106
oo-
egg
107
ophthalmo-
eye
108
orth/o-
straight, normal, correct
109
oste/o-
bone
110
ot/o-
ear
111
ovi, ovo-
egg
112
path/o-
disease
113
ped/ia-
child
114
per-
through
115
peri-
around
116
phag/o-
eat
117
phleb/o-
vein
118
pleuro, pleura-
rib
119
pneumo-
lung
120
pod-
foot
121
poly-
many
122
post-
after
123
pre-
before
124
pro-
before, in front of
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pseudo-
false
126
py/o-
pus
127
pyel/o-
renal pelvis
128
quadr/i-
four
129
retro-
behind, backward
130
rhin/o-
nose
131
salping/o-
fallopian tube
132
sarc/o-
flesh, muscle
133
sclero-
hard
134
semi-
half
135
steno-
narrow
136
sub-
below, beneath
137
supra-
above
138
sym, syn-
together
139
tachy-
fast
140
thorac/o-
chest
141
thromb/o-
clot
142
tox-
poison
143
trans-
across
144
tri-
three
145
ultra-
excessive, extreme
146
un/i-
one
147
uria, uro-
urine
148
vas/o-
vessel
149
viscera, viscero-
organ
150
-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-an, -ian
characteristic of, pertaining to, belonging to
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-ar
relating to
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-ary
relating to, connected with
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-ase
enzyme
156
-atresia
abnormal closure
157
-blast
grow, produce
158
-cele
swelling, tumor
159
-centesis
puncture of a cavity
160
-cide
kill
161
-clast
destroy, break down
162
-desis
binding, stabilizing, fusion
163
-dipsia
thirst
164
-dynia
pain
165
-ectasia, ectasis
expansion
166
-ectomy
excision, cutting out
167
-emia
pertaining to blood
168
-form
structure
169
-gen
producing
170
-genesis
production of, origin of
171
-globin
protein
172
-gram
record, writing
173
-graph
an instrument for making records
174
-ia
condition
175
-iasis
diseased condition
176
-ic
pertaining to
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-ile
having qualities of
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-ism
condition, process
179
-ist
practitioner, specialist
180
-itis
inflammation
181
-lepsy
seizure
182
-lith
stone, crystal
183
-logy
study of
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-lysis
break down
185
-megaly
enlargement
186
-meter
measuring instrument
187
-ness
state of, quality
188
-oid
the appearance of
189
-ole
small, little
190
-oma
tumor
191
-opia
eye
192
-ory
pertaining to
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-ose
having qualities of
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-osis
state, condition, action, process
195
-ostomy
creation of an opening
196
-otomy
cut into
197
-ous
pertaining to
198
-pathy
disease
199
-penia
lack of, deficiency
200
-plasia
growth
201
-plasty
formation, repair
202
-plegia
paralysis
203
-poiesis
production
204
-ptosis
dropping, falling
205
-rrhage
burst forth
206
-rrhea
discharge, flow
207
-scope
instrument to examine
208
-spasm
involuntary contraction
209
-stasis
to be still, control, stop
210
-sthenia
strength
211
-taxia
muscle coordination
212
-tension
pressure
213
-tic
pertaining to
214
-tomy
incision, cut ino
215
-tripsy
crush
216
-trophic
related to nutrition or growth
217
-tropic, tropin
to turn toward, to stimulate or increase
218
-ula, ule
small, little
219
-uria
urine
220
-y
condition, process
