Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards
(41 cards)
1
Q
Prefix
angio-
A
vessel (for blood, etc.)
2
Q
Prefix
brachio-
A
arm
3
Q
Prefix
brady-
A
slow
4
Q
Prefix
cardio-
★
A
heart
5
Q
Prefix
dys-
A
difficult, disordered
6
Q
Prefix
ecto-
★
A
outside
7
Q
Prefix
edem-
A
swelling (from fluid, etc.)
8
Q
Prefix
erythro-
A
red
9
Q
Prefix
hemo-
A
blood
10
Q
Prefix
hepato-
A
liver
11
Q
Prefix
inter-
★
A
between
12
Q
Prefix
macro-
★
A
large
13
Q
Prefix-
myo-
★
A
muscle
14
Q
Prefix
neuro-
★
A
nerve
15
Q
Prefix
osteo-
★
A
bone
16
Q
Prefix
pan-
★
A
all
17
Q
Prefix
peri-
★
A
around
18
Q
Prefix
poly-
A
many
19
Q
Prefix
sarco-
★
A
flesh
20
Q
Prefix
tachy-
A
rapid
21
Q
Prefix
thrombo-
A
clot, lump
22
Q
Suffix
-cyto
★
A
cell
23
Q
Suffix
-cytosis
A
high cell number
24
Q
Suffix
-ectasis
A
dilation, expansion
25
# Suffix
-(a)emia
(condition of) blood
26
# Suffix
-fiber
## Footnote
★
thread
27
# Suffix
-gen
## Footnote
★
producing
28
# Suffix
-itis
## Footnote
★
inflammation
29
# Suffix
-mer/-mere
## Footnote
★
unit
30
# Suffix
-oid
resembling
31
# Suffix
-ology
## Footnote
★
study; philosophy
32
# Suffix
-osis
## Footnote
★
abnormal condition
33
# Suffix
-pathy
## Footnote
★
disease
34
# Suffix
-penia
deficiency
35
# Suffix
-phage, -phagia
eater, eating
36
# Suffix
-poiesis
to make
37
# Suffix
-phobia
fear
38
# Suffix
-ptosis
prolapse, falling
39
# Suffix
-sclerosis
hardening
40
# Suffix
-stasis
## Footnote
★
maintenance
41
# Suffix
-spasm
involuntary contraction
