Prefixes And Suffixes Flashcards by porter hacking

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A or an

A

Without or lacking

Anorexia

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Ab

A

Away from

Abduct

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Ad

A

Toward or adjacent to

Adduct

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Anti

A

Against opposed or inhibitive

Antihistamine

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Arthr

A

Joint

Arthroscopy

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Auto

A

Self

Autoimmune disease

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Bi

A

Two

Biceps

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Bio

A

Life

Biology

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Carcin

A

Cancer or tumor

Carcinogen

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Cardio

A

Heart (cardiology)

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Cephal

A

Head

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Cerebro

A

Brain

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Chondr

A

Cartilage

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Circum

A

Around or round about

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Co

A

With or together

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Contra

A

Against or In Opposition to

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Derm

A

Skin

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Di

A

Two

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Dys

A

Difficult or abnormal

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Ecto

A

Outside or external

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Endo

A

Inside or within

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Epi

A

On upon or above

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Erythro

A

Red

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Eu

A

Well good or true

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Ex

Out of or outside

Glyco

Sweet or sugar

hemi

Half

Hepat

Liver

Hist

Tissue

Hydro

Water

Hyper

In excess

Hypo

Below normal

Infra

Beneath or underneath

Inter

Between

Intra

Within or inside of

ISO

Equal

Leuko

White

Macro

Large

Melano

Black

Micro

Small

Mono

One

Multi

Many or multiple

Myo

Muscle

Neo

New

Nephro

Kidney

Neuro

Nerve

Oculo

Eye

Odonto

Tooth

Oligo

Deficient or few

Ophthalm

Eye

Osteo

Bone

Oto

Ear

Para

Alongside or beyond

Peri

Around

Physio

Related to nature physical or physics

Pneumo

Air gas pertaining to the lungs

Pod

Foot

Poly

Many or much

Post

Behind after

Pre or pro

Prior to or in front of

Pseudo

False

Sarco

Flesh

Semi

Half or partially

Sclero

Hard

Somato

Body

Steno

Narrow or close to

Sub

Below or under

Sym syn

With or together

Tachy

Fast rapid

Trans

Across through

Viscer

Pertaining or internal organs

Able

Cable of

Algia

Pain

Blast

Bud usually referring to cell with a primitive nature

Clast

Pertaining to breaking or tearing down

Cyte

Cell

Duct

To lead or draw

Ectomy

To cut out or excise

Emia

Blood

Genesis

Origin or production

Gram

A drawing

Graph

Instrument used to record

Itis

Inflammation

Logy

Study of

Lysis

To breakdown or decompose

Oid

Resembling

Oma

Tumor

Pathy

Disease or disorder

Phag

To eat or feed

Phil

To love or have affinity for

Stasis

Stop or stable state

Stomy

Artificial opening created in surgery Colostomy