Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes Flashcards
(113 cards)
1
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
2
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
3
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
4
Q
hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
5
Q
my/o, muscul/o
A
muscle
6
Q
derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o
A
skin
7
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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o
A
lung
8
Q
gen/o
A
creation, cause
9
Q
hydr/o
A
water
10
Q
morph/o
A
shape, change
11
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
12
Q
necr/o
A
death
13
Q
orth/o
A
straight
14
Q
path/o
A
suffering, disease
15
Q
phag/o
A
eat
16
Q
plas/o
A
formation
17
Q
py/o
A
pus
18
Q
scler/o
A
hard
19
Q
sten/o
A
narrowing
20
Q
troph/o
A
nourishment, development
21
Q
xen/o
A
foreign
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xer/o
A
dry
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Q
-ac
A
pertaining to (adj)
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-al
A
pertaining to (adj)
25
-ar
pertaining to (adj)
26
-ary
pertaining to (adj)
27
-eal
pertaining to (adj)
28
-ic
pertaining to (adj)
29
-ous
pertaining to (adj)
30
-tic
pertaining to (adj)
31
-ia, -ism
condition (noun)
32
-ium
tissue, structure (noun)
33
-y
condition, procedure, process (noun)
34
-icle
small (diminutive)
35
-ole
small (diminutive)
36
-ula
small (diminutive)
37
-ule
small (diminutive)
38
-iatrics, -iatry
medical science
39
-iatrist
specialist in medicine of
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-ist
specialist
41
-logist
specialist in the study of
42
-logy
study of
43
-algia, -dynia
pain
44
-cele
hernia
45
-emia
blood condition
46
-iasis
presence of
47
-itis
inflammation
48
-lysis
loosen, break down
49
-malacia
abnormal softening
50
-megaly
enlargement
51
-oid
resembling
52
-oma
tumor
53
-osis
condition
54
-pathy
disease
55
-penia
deficiency
56
-ptosis
drooping
57
-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive flow
58
-rrhea
flow
59
-rrhexis
rupture
60
-spasm
involuntary contraction
61
-centesis
puncture
62
-gram
written record
63
-graph
instrument used to produce a record
64
-graphy
process of recording
65
-meter
instrument used to measure
66
-metry
process of measuring
67
-scope
instrument used to look
68
-scopy
process of looking
69
-desis
binding, fixation
70
-ectomy
removal
71
-pexy
surgical fixation
72
-plasty
reconstruction
73
-rrhaphy
suture
74
-stomy
creation of an opening
75
-tomy
incision
76
a-, an-
not
77
anti-, contra-
against
78
de-
down, away from
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ante-, pre-
before
80
pro-
before, on behalf of
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post-
after
82
brady-
slow
83
tachy-
fast
84
re-
again
85
ab-
away
86
ad-
toward
87
circum-, peri-
around
88
dia-, trans-
through
89
e-, ec-, ex-
out
90
ecto-, exo-, extra-
outside
91
en-, endo-, intra-
in, inside
92
epi-
upon
93
inter-
between
94
sub-
beneath
95
bi-
two
96
semi-, hemi-
half
97
hyper-
over
98
hypo-
under
99
macro-
large
100
micro-
small
101
mono-, uni-
one
102
oligo-
few
103
pan-
all
104
poly-, multi-
many
105
con-, sym-, syn-
with, together
106
dys-
bad
107
eu-
good
108
hepat/o
liver
109
splen/o
spleen
110
enter/o
small intestine
111
esophag/o
esophagus
112
neur/o
nerve
113
vas/o, vascul/o
blood vessel
