PREFIXES & SUFFIXES Flashcards
(97 cards)
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meaning very small
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MICRO-
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relating to the use of ultra-cold liquid
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CRYO-
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relating to water
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HYDRO-
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meaning impaired or difficult
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DYS-
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meaning too much, in excess, many or multiple
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POLY-
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meaning against or opposed
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CONTRA-
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meaning insufficient or abnormally low
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HYPO -
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meaning without or not having
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AN -
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meaning abnormally slow
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BRADY -
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combining form relating to the uterus
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HYSTERO -
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combining form relating to the veins
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PHLEBO-
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relating to pus
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PYO -
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combining form relating to the vulva
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EPISIO -
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combining form relating to the oviducts
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SALPINGO -
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fat
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ADIPO -
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combining form relating to the testes
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ORCHI -
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jaw
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GNATHO -
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spinal cord
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CHORDO -
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claw or hoof
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ONYCHO -
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ribs
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COSTO -
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eardrum
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MYRINGO -
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ligaments or connective tissue
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SYNDESMO -
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hair
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PILO -
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tissue
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HISTO -
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vertebrate or spinal column
SPONDYLO -
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outside
ECTO -
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below
INFRA-
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both or both sides
AMB-
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beside, beyond, accessory to, or apart from
PARA-
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change, exchange, transformation
META-
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blue
CYANO-
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yellow
XANTHO-
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green
CHLORO-
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white
LEUKO-
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black
MELANO-
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together, union, association with
SYN -
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within or inside
INTRA -
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unequal or dissimilar
ANISO -
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meaning dull, dim, not clear
AMBLYO -
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birth
TOCO -
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dry
XERO -
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digits or toes
DACTYLO -
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tears or lacrimal gland
DACRYO -
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few, scanty
OLIGO -
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horny tissue or cornea
KERATO -
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- inflammation of
-ITIS
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excision or surgical removal of
-ECTOMY
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- ingestion, to ingest or swallowing
-PHAGIA
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- urine, or urination
-URIA
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- blood or blood cells
-EMIA
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- bleeding
-RHAGIA
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- surgically repair by joining in a seam or by suturing together
-RRHAPHY
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-shape or surgically form
-PLASTY
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- surgically create a new opening in a hollow organ, connecting it to the outside of the body or to another hollow organ
- OSTOMY
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- incise or to cut
– OTOMY
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- relating to surgical fixation or suturing
-PEXY
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- pain
-ALGIA
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- infestation or infection
-IASIS
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- dilation, expansion or distension
-ECTASIA
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- disorder or disease condition
-PATHY
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- swelling esp. one with a cavity or associated with hernia
- CELE
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- paralysis
-PLEGIA
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- destruction of
-LYSIS
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- rupture
-RRHEXIS
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- weakness or partial paralysis
-PARESIS
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- relating to development or cell numbers
-PLASIA
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- dorsal recumbency
SUPINE
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- on a plane parallel to the median plane
SAGITTAL
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- contact surface of a tooth, closest to the midline of the dental arcade
MESIAL
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- pertaining to or situated near a longitudinal line about which a body structure would rotate
AXIAL
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- on a plane not parallel to one of the 3 major directional axes.
OBLIQUE
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- spherical bacterium found in pairs.
DIPLOCOCCUS
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- rod-shaped bacterium found singly or in chains that are not twisted
BACILLUS
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- spherical bacterium found grouped in clusters or bunches
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
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- rod-shaped bacterium found grouped in a twisted chains
STREPTOBACILLUS
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- spherical bacterium found in grouped in chains.
STREPTOCOCCUS
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- virus resembling a wheel
ROTAVIRUS
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- RNA virus that causes neoplasia
ONCORNAVIRUS
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- small RNA virus
PICORNAVIRUS
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- virus that causes papillomas, piliomas, and vacuolization.
PAPOVIRUS
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- virus resembling a crown
CORONAVIRUS
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- a concrete solid mass of vegetable matter found in the stomach or intestine
PHYTOBEZOAR
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- lateral deviation of the spine
SCOLIOSIS
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- A pinpoint , circular haemorrhage on the skin or in the serosal surface.
PETECHIA
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- to irrigate or flush out an organ or cavity.
LAVAGE
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- the proportion of sick animals to healthy animals in a population
MORBIDITY
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- a suffix that denotes the aspiration of fluid from a body cavity
CENTESIS
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- a suffix that denotes examination by various devices.
OSCOPY
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prefix meaning bent, looped or fused
ankylo-
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Prefix relating to hardening
sclero-
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Prefix meaning hidden, concealed or a depression on a surface
crypto-
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Prefix meaning abnormally large
megalo-
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In prescription and medication, the abbreviation meaning as nedeed
prn
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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning freely as wanted
adlib
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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning every hour
qh
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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning four times a day
qid
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In prescription & medication, the abbreviation meaning every day.
od
