Prefixes/Root Words/suffixes Flashcards

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a-

A

Without/ absence of

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ana-

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Up/back/apart

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-cide

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Kill

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-drome

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Symptoms

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extra-

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Outside

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hyper-

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Obove, more than normal

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hypo-

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Below, less than normal

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-iac

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State of, condition, process

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9
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-ic

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Pertaining to

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in-

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In, within, not

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intra-

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Within, inside

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-ism

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Condition or state of

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-lemme

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Membrain

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meta-

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Beyond, change

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-ology

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Study of

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-opsy

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To view

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-penia

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Deficiency, lack of

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18
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-phage

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Eat

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19
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-plasia

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Formation, growth

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pro-

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Before, for

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21
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-stasis

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Standing still

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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-ulus

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Singular form, diminutive, small or little

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Ambul

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To walk

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bacteri/o
Bacteria
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bi/o
Life
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calc/i
Stone
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catabol/o
Breaking down
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Cellular
Pertaining to cell
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Cribr
Sieve
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cyt/o
Cell
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eti/o
Cause of disease
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Form
Expressing shape or resemblance
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home/o
Same, constant, umchanged
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is/o
Equal
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lys/o
To kill, destroy
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path/o
Disease
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Plast
Repair
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Soma
Body
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Somn/i
Sleep, bedtime
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syn
Run together
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Tel/o
End
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Ton/o
Pressure, tension
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-ectomy
Surgical removal
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Epi-
Upon
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-genesis
Production or growth
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-itis
Inflammation
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-ium
Pertaining to
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-ologist
Specialist
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-oma
Tumor
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-ose
Suffix for carbohydrate
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-osis
Any condition
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-ous
Pertaining to
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-pathy
Disease
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-phagia
Eating
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Sub-
Below, under
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-ula
Small
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aden/o
Gland
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adip/o
Fat
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carcin/o
Cancer
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crypt/o
Hidden
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cutane/o
Skin
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Derm/o
Skin
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Dermato/o
Skin
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Erythr/o
Red
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hemat/o
Blood
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hidr/o
Sweat
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Hist/o
Tissue
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Lip/o
Fat
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lun/o
Moon
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melan/o
Black
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Myc/o
Fungus
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Onych/o
Nail
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Pili
Hair
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rhytid/o
Wrinkles
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Scler/o
Hardening
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Seb/o
Oil, fat, sebum
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squam/o
Scales
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Trich/o
Hair
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Xer/o
Dry
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angi
Vessel
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acro
Extremity
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cyan
Blue
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ome
complete set/ instrument
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Leuk/o
White
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algia
Pain
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pach/y
Thick
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Ortho
Straight
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Ped
Child/foot
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Blast
Build up/budding
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Clasts
Break down bone
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Osteo
Bone