roots, prefixes, and suffixes Flashcards
(38 cards)
1
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cardi/o
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means “heart”
2
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cerebr/o
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means “brain” or “cerebrum”
3
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col/o, colon/o
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means “colon” a section of the large intestine
4
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crani/o
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means “cranium” or “skull”
5
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dermat/o
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means “skin”
6
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disk/o
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means “disk”, as in the disk of the spine
7
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gastr/o
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means “stomach”
8
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nehpr/o, ren/o
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means “kidney”
9
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oste/o
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means “bone”
10
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pulmon/o
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means “lung”
11
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pre-
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“before”
12
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post-
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“after” or “behind”
13
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peri-
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“around” or “surrounding”
14
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intra-
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“within”
15
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inter-
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“between”
16
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sub-, infra-
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“below” or “beneath”
17
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supra-, super-
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“above”
18
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a-, an-
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“without” or “not”
19
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poly-
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“many” or “much”
20
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dys-
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“painful” or “difficult” or “abnormal”
21
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-ac, -as, -ary, -ic, -ous
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“pertaining to”
22
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-algia
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“pain”
23
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-ectomy
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“exision” or “surgical removal”
24
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-gram
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“record” or “recording”
25
-ism, -ia
"condition of"
26
-itis
"inflammation"
27
-ium
"tissue" or "structure"
28
-logy
"study of"
29
-oma
"tumor"
30
-tomy
"incision"
31
the plural form of "-a"
"-ae"
32
the plural form of "-en"
"-ina"
33
the plural form of "-ex" "-ix" "-yx"
"-ices"
34
the plural form of "-is"
"-es"
35
the plural form of "-on"
"-a"
36
the plural form of "-um"
"-a"
37
the plural form of "-us"
"-i"
38
the plural form of "-x" "-nx"
"-ges" or "-nges"
