Prefixes Flashcards
(190 cards)
1
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alb- , alb/o, albus-
A
white
2
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chlor/o-
A
green
3
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cyan/0-
A
blue
4
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erythr/o-
A
red
5
Q
leuk/o
A
white
6
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melan/o
A
black
7
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xanth/o
A
yellow
8
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a-, an-
A
without
9
Q
ambi-
A
both sides, around
10
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bi-
A
two
11
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cent-
A
hundred
12
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demi-
A
half
13
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diplo- duo-
A
two, twice, double
14
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extr/a
A
more
15
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hemi-
A
half
16
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in-
A
not
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iso-
A
equal
18
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mon/o
A
one, single
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multi-
A
many
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pan-
A
all
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poly-
A
many, multiple
22
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semi-
A
partial, half
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uni-
A
one, single
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co- col- com- con- cor-
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together
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dia-
through, complete
26
homeo, homo
same
27
macro-
large
28
meg/a, megal/o
grand, large
29
pan-
all around
30
ultra-
excess, extreme, beyond
31
an/a
apart
32
ante-
before, in front of
33
anti-
against
34
auto-
self, same
35
contra-
against, opposed
36
de-
down from, away from, lack
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dors-
back, posterior
38
ecto-
outside, external
39
end/o-, ent/o-
within, inside, inner
40
ex/o-
out of, away from, exterior
41
fore-
in front of, before
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gen-
producing, in favour of
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im, in-
into
44
infra-
under, below, beneath
45
later/o-
side, to one side
46
med-, mes/o-, mesi/o-
middle, midline
47
para-
beside, near, normal
48
per-
through
49
peri-
around
50
post-
behind, after
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pre-, pr/o
in front of, before, precursor
52
retro-
behind, after
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sub-
under, less , lower than
54
sy/m-, sy/n-, sys-
together
55
dis-,
remove, absence of
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orth/o-
straight
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pseud/o-
false
58
un-
not
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alge, algesi, algia
pain
60
alve/o-
aleolus
61
angi/o-
vessel
62
apic/o
apex
63
bio
life
64
bucc/o-
cheek
65
cari/o
decay
66
carcin/o
cancer
67
cephal/o
head
68
cell/u
cell
69
cheil/o
lip
70
coron/o
crown
71
dent/i, dent/o
tooth
72
edem, edemat/o
swelling
73
enam/o-
enamel
74
esthes/i, esthe/t
sensation
75
faci/o
face
76
gen
inborn build, precursor, formation
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gingiv/o
gum tissue
78
gloss/o
tongue
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glott/o
glottis, back of tongue
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granul/o
granule, grain-like
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gnath/o
jaw
82
hem/a, hem/o
blood
83
ismus-
contraction
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labi/o
lip
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laryng/o
larynx
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lingu/o
tongue
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mandib/u
lower jaw
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maxill/o
upper jaw
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ment/o
chin
90
muc/o, mucos
tissue lining
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occlus/o
shut, close, jaw close
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odont/o
tooth
93
or/o
mouth
94
osse/o, ossi, ost
bone
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palat/o
palate
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path/o
disease
97
plasia
formation
98
pyo-
pus
99
radic/u
root
100
sep, sept/o
infectin
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sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
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stom/a, stamat/o
mouth, opening
103
thromb/o
blood clot
104
vas/o, vascul/o
blood vesse;
105
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary
pertaining to
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-cide
killing
107
-ent
agent
108
-form
shape, resembling
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-gram, -graph
picture, recording
110
-ia, -ic, -ical
condition, state
111
-ics
practice, knowledge
112
-ion
condition, state
113
-ism
disease, practis
114
-ist
specialty
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-ium
little, small
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-oid
resembling
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-osis
process, state, condition
118
-ous
pertaining to
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-penia
deficiency
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-phylaxis
protection
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-rrhaphy
suturing
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-stasis
stopping
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-stat
stop, arrest
124
-tome
cutting instrument
125
-um
pertaining to
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syn-
together
127
The root word ____
a) is the word’s prefix
b) is the basic meaning
c) describes location
d) describes a tooth
b
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What is the clinical term for inflammation of the tongue?
a) stomatitis
b) glossitis
c) apices
d) frenoid
b
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The root word ‘apic/o’ refers to the ____
a) mouth
b) jaw
c) tongue
d) apex
d
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Break down the word ‘periodontitis’
a) per-iodon-titis
b) per-iodont-itis
c) perio-don-titis
d) peri-odont-itis
d
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Which term refers to above the mandible?
a) paramandibular
b) perimandibular
c) supramandibular
d) transmandibular
c
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The correct spelling for a condition of the lip is ____
a) chealosis
b) cheilosos
c) cheilosis
d) chealocys
c
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What does the term macroglossia mean?
a) small lips
b) large tongue
c) small palate
d) large gums
b
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The term labial refers to the ____
a) skin
b) face
c) tongue
d) lips
d
135
. By its prefix, we know that synthesis refers to ____
a) poorly built
b) breaking apart
c) coming together
d) not aligned
c
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What is the plural of periodontium?
a) periodontiums
b) periodontia
c) periodontal
d) periodontiaes
b
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Two root words for the mouth are ____
a) muco, mento
b) rhino, necro
c) palato, labi
d) stoma, or
d
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he term subapical refers to ____
a) less teeth
b) under the apex
c) below the heart
d) between vessels
b
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The tongue that is edematous is ____
a) swollen
b) infected
c) bleeding
d) small
a
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Two root words for the tongue are
a) gloss/o, lingu/o
b) ment/o, hemo
c) stoma, plasmo
d) gingiv/o, tetr/o
a
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. What does the term transcutaneous mean?
a) abnormal skin growth
b) cutting the skin
c) through the skin
d) on top of the skin
c
142
What does the term odontoid mean?
a) resembling a tooth
b) a small tooth
c) the study of teeth
d) removal of a tooth
a
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. A white cell is a ____
a) leukocele
b) plasmocele
c) leukocyte
d) leukocide
c
144
Which prefixes indicate ‘2’?
a) semi, hemi
b) ambi, poly
c) bi, di
d) dia, supra
c
145
Jaws that are equal in size are ____
a) endognathious
b) diplognathous
c) pangnathial
d) isognathous
d
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What is a deficiency in white cells called?
a) leukopenia
b) albumoid
c) leukoform
d) alborrhea
a
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The study of teeth is called ____
a) odontostasis
b) odontology
c) dentopathy
d) dentography
b
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a) rhinoplasty
b) sinusitis
c) nasorrhage
d) myopathy
a
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One reason not to administer a drug is a ____
a) dorsoindication
b) contraindication
c) retroindication
d) neoindication
b
150
A procedure that cuts through bone is ____
a) orthognatia
b) transosseous
c) orthosseous
d) osteopathy
b
151
An injury pertaining to the lower jaw is ____
a) mandibular
b) mandibuloid
c) mandibulium
d) mandilomar
a
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What is the clinical term for a grain-like tumour?
a) patholoma
b) hematoma
c) myomoma
d) granuloma
d
153
. An agent that stops the formation of pus is said to be ____
a) pyogenic
b) pyostatic
c) pyorrheic
d) pyotomic
b
154
Break down the word ‘infraorbital’
a) infra-orbit-al
b) in-fra-orbital
c) infra-orbi-tal
d) in-fra-orb-ital
c
155
Odontalgia refers to dental ____
a) loss
b) nerves
c) blood supply
d) pain
d
156
The correct breakdown of the word orthognathic is orth/o-gna-thic
a) true
b) false
F
157
The definition of cheilorhinoplasty is surgical repair of the lips and nose
a) true
b) false
T
158
An infection or inflammation of the cheek and gum would be buccogingotis
a) true
b) false
F
159
The term orolingual refers to the mouth and tongue
a) true
b) false
T
160
The term coronoid refers to something covered by a cranium
a) true
b) false
F
161
The correct breakdown of the word pedodontist is ped-odont-ist
a) true
b) false
T
162
The term oropharangeal refers to the mouth and the lower jaw
a) true
b) false
F
163
By its prefix, we know that adduction is movement toward the body
a) true
b) false
T
164
The term subcutaneous refers to the area under the skin
a) true
b) false
T
165
Rhinitis is the term used to define discharge from the nose
a) true
b) false
F
166
The plural of pharynx is
pharynges
167
The suffix ____ means 'cutting into'
otomy
168
The clinical term for muscle disease is ____
myopathy
169
Surgical removal of gum tissue is called
gingivectomy
170
A red cell is called an
erythrocyte
171
Absence of breathing is called
apnea
172
Excessive blood flow is called
hemorrhage
173
Repair of a blood vessel is called
angioplasty
174
Inflammation of the gum tissue is called
gingivitis
175
The term ____ means 'resembling a head'
cephaloid
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The state of having straight teeth is called ____
orthodontia
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The plural of sepsis is __
sepses
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The study of disease is called
pathology
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A rapid heart rate condition is called
tachycardia
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A black coloured growth or tumour is called a
melanoma
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The term ____ means enlarged head
cephalomegaly
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Suturing of the face is called
faciorrhaphy
183
The instrument used to view the larynx is called the _
laryngoscope
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A tumour on a nerve is called a __
neuroma
185
A surgical instrument that cuts bone is an
osteotome
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Inflammation of a tooth socket is called _
alveolitis
187
Bad and deficient tissue formation is called tissue
dysplasia
188
The term that means a state of impaired sensation is
dysesthesia
189
The study of the skull is called
craniology
190
The surgical viewing of a joint is called an
arthroscopy
