Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards by Samantha Gordon

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Lack of

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A/An - anaemia, asystole

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Of the blood

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Aemia - anaemia, hypoxaemia

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Angio - angiotensin, haemangioma

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Vessel

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Against

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Anti - anticoagulant, antigen

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Blast - reticuloblast, osteoblast

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Germ, bud

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Brady - bradycardi

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Slow

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Broncho - bronchitis, bronchus

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Bronchus (one of the largest air tubes in the lungs)

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Card - cardiac, myocardium

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Heart

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Chole - cholangitis

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Bile

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Cyto/cyte - cytosol, cytoplasm

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Cell

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Skin

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Derm - dermis, dermatitis

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Difficult

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Dys - dyspnoea, dysplasia

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Ema - emphysema, oedema

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Swelling

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Endo - endocrine, endothelium

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Inner

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Erythro - erythrocyte

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Red

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Exo - exocytosis

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Outside

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Extra - extracellular

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Outside

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Fferent - afferent

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Carry

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Gast - gastric, gastrointestinal

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Stomach

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Gen - gene, antigen

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Origin, production

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Globin - haemoglobin

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Protein

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Haem - haemostasis

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Blood

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Water

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Hydr - dehydration

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Hepat - hepatic, hepatitis

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Liver

Hyper - hypertension

Excess, above

Hypo - hypotension

Below, under

Intra - intracellular

Within

Ism - rheumatism,dwarfism

Condition

Itis - appendicitis, hepatitis

Inflammation

Milk

Lact - lactation, lactic

Lymph - lymphatic

Lymph tissue

Lyso, lysis - lysosome

Breaking down

Mega - megaloblast, acromegaly

Large

Micro - microtubules, microvilli

Small

Muscle

Myo - myocardium, myoglobin

New

Neo - neoplasm, neonate

Nephro - nephron, nephrosis

Kidney

Neuro - neurone, neuropathy

Nerve

Oid - myeloid, sigmoid

Resembling

Oma - melanoma, fibroma

Tumour

Ophth - ophthalmic

Eye

Ory - secretory, sensory

Referring to

Osteo - osteoporosis

Bone

Path - nephropathy

Disease

Plasm - cytoplasm, neoplasm

Substance

Pneumo - pneumonia

Lunglair

Poly - polypeptide

Many

Rrhagia - menorrhagia

Excessive flow

Rrhoea - diarrhoea

Discharge

Sub - sublingual

Under

Tachy - tachycardia

Excessively fast

Thrombo - thrombus, thrombosis

Clot

Tox - toxin, cytotoxic

Poison

Uria - Anura, polyuria

Urine

Vas, vaso - vascular

Vessel