Session 3: Prefixes Flashcards by Darcey McCampbell

Q

Arteri

arteri/al, arteri/ectasis

A

Artery

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Card, Cardi

brady/card/ia, cardi/o/pathy

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Heart

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Eti

eti/o/logy

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Cause

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Febr

febr/ile, a/febr/ile

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Fever

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Gastr

gastr/ic, peri/gastr/ic

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Stomach

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Hemat

hemat/uria

A

Blood

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Hepat

hepat/ic, hepat/itis

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Liver

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Idi

idi/o/path/ic

A

Unknown

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Kine, Kines, Kinesi

hyper/kine/tic, kinesi/o/logy

A

Movement

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My

my/algia, my/o/dynia

A

Muscle

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Myos

myos/itis

A

Muscle

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Nephr

nephr/ic, a/nephr/ic

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Kidney

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Pariet

pariet/al

A

Wall (of a body cavity)

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Somn

in/somn/ia, dys/somn/ia

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Sleep

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Splen

splen/ic, splen/ectomy

A

Spleen

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Therm

therm/o/meter, hypo/therm/ia

A

Heat

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Ven

ven/ous, intra/ven/ous

A

Vein

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Viscer

viscer/al, viscer/o/megaly

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Internal organs

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-ac

A

Pertaining to

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-al

A

Pertaining to

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-algia

A

Pain

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-cision

in/cision, ex/cision

A

Cuttin

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-dynia

A

Pain

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-ectasis

A

Dilation or expansion

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-ectomy

Removal or excision

-gnosis | dia/gnosis, pro/gnosis

To know, knowledge

-gram

A record

-graphy

Process of recording

-ia

Condition of

-ic

Pertaining to

-ile

Pertaining to

-itis

Inflammation

-lent

Full of

-logist

Specialist in the study of

-logy

Study of

-megaly

Enlargement

-meter

Instrument to measure

-ole

Small

-oma

Tumor

-ous

Pertaining to

-pathy

Disease

-pnea | eu/pnea, a/pnea

Breathing

-rrhea | dia/rrhea

Flow or discharge

-rrhagia

Bleeding

-rrhaphy

To suture

-section

Cutting

-sthenia | a/sthenia

Strength

-tic

Pertaining to

-tomy

Incision

-trophy | a/trophy, dys/trophy

Development, nourishment

-ule

Small

-uria | an/uria, dys/uria

urine

a-, an-

Without, not

ante-

Before

brady-

Slow

circum-

Around

dia-

Through, complete

dys-

Bad, dificult, painful

endo-

Inside

eu-

Good, normal

ex-

out

hyper-

Excessive, above normal

hypo-

Below, deficinet

in-

In, into

in-

Not

Intra- | intra/arteri/al, intra/gastr/ic

Within

peri-

Around

poly-

Much, many

post-

After

pro-

Before

semi- | semi/conscious

Half

tachy-

Fast

Path

Disease