Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes Flashcards
(170 cards)
1
Q
without, lack of
A
a-
2
Q
away from
A
ab-
3
Q
hearing
A
acou-
4
Q
pertaining to
A
-ac, -al
5
Q
to, toward, near to
A
ad-
6
Q
gland
A
aden-, adeno
7
Q
toward
A
af-
8
Q
white
A
albi-
9
Q
painful condition
A
-algia
10
Q
both
A
amphi-
11
Q
without, lack of
A
an-
12
Q
male
A
andro-
13
Q
vessel
A
angi-, angio-
14
Q
before
A
ante-
15
Q
against
A
anti-
16
Q
separated from, off
A
apo-
17
Q
joint
A
arthr-, athro-
18
Q
associated with
A
-ary
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Q
condition, state of
A
-asis, -asia
20
Q
hearing
A
audio-
21
Q
ear
A
auri-
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Q
self
A
auto-
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Q
weight, pressure
A
baro-
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Q
twice, double
A
bi-
25
germ, bud
-blast
26
arm
brachi-
27
slow
brady-
28
cheek
bucc-
29
cancer
carcin-
30
heart
cardio-
31
tail
caud-
32
head
cephal-
33
brain
cerebro-
34
cartilage
chondro-
35
kill
-cide
36
around
circum-
37
break
-clast
38
with, together
co-, com-
39
against, opposite
contra-
40
rib
cost-
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skull
crani-
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cross
cruci-
43
wedge
cune-
44
skin
cuti-
45
blue
cyan-
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sac, bladder
cysto-, cysti-
47
cell
-cyte, cyto-
48
removal, separation, negation
de-
49
half
demi-
50
two
di-, diplo-
51
lead, draw
duct-, -duct
52
hard
-dur
53
painful, difficult, bad
dys-
54
out, from
e-, ec-, ef-, ex-
55
outside, outer
ecto-
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to cut out
-ectomy
57
swelling
ede-, -edem
58
small
-el, -elle
59
within
endo-, ender-
60
intestine
entero-
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above, on
epi-
62
outside
ex-, exo-, exer-
63
outside
extra-
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carry
-ferent
65
resembling, shape of
-form
66
stomach
gastr-, gastro-
67
produce, origin
-genesis, -genic
68
tongue
gloss-, glosso-
69
sugar, sweet
glyco-
70
bolt, nail
gompho-
71
female, woman
gyn-
72
single
haplo-
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blood
hem-, hemato-
74
liver
hepato-
75
different
hetero-
76
tissue
hist-, histo-
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same
homo-, homeo-
78
water
hydro-
79
above, over
hyper-
80
under, below
hypo-
81
self, distinct, peculiar
idio-
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below
infra-
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between
inter-
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within
intra-
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greatest
-issimus
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equal, same
iso-
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inflammation
-itis
88
near
juxta-
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lip
labi-
90
milk
lacto-
91
continuing membrane
-lemma
92
white
leuko-
93
fat
lip-
94
study of
-ology
95
breaking up, dissolve
-lysis
96
large
macro-
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breast
mamm-, mast-
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middle
medi-
99
black
melano-
100
parts
-mers, -meres
101
after, beyond
meta-
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small
micro-
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single, one
mono-
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form, shape
morph-
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muscle
-mys-
106
dead
necro-
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new
neo-
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kidney
nephro-
109
nerve
neuro-
110
eye
oculo-, ophthalm-
111
tooth
odonto-
112
little
-ole
113
few, little, deficient
oligo-
114
tumor
-oma
115
egg
oo-
116
condition of
-osis
117
bone
osse-, osseo-
118
ear
oto-
119
near, beside
para-
120
disease
-pathy
121
basin
pelv-
122
deficiency
-penia
123
around
peri-
124
eat
phag-
125
afraid of
-phobic
126
have an affinity for
phil-
127
living substance
-plasm
128
paralyze
-plegia
129
lungs
pleural
130
air, gas, lungs
pneumo-
131
make
-poiesis
132
many
poly-
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after
post-
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before in time, place
pre-, pro-
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false
pseudo-
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fourfold
quad-
137
branch
rami-
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straight
rect-
139
kidney
reno-
140
backward, beyond
retro-
141
flesh
sarco-
142
hard
sclera-
143
half
semi-
144
saw-edged
serrate-
145
body
somato-
146
state of (balance)
-stasis
147
narrow
steno-
148
breast, cheast
sterno-
149
stripe
stria-
150
under
sub-
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above
super-, supra-
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together, with
sym-, syn-
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fast
tachy-
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heat
therm-
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chest
thorac-
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blood clot
thrombo-
157
cut, incise
-tomy
158
place, position
topo-
159
across
trans-
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three
tri-
161
influencing
-trophic
162
layer, coat
tunica-
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beyond, excess
ultra-
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one
uni-
165
urine
-uria
166
vessel
vas-
167
spine
vertebra-
168
hair
villo-
169
internal organ
viscer-
170
yoked, paired, union
zyg-
