Suffixes and Prefixes Flashcards by abyrue 🍀

Indication and Prefix: Night

time, noct-

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Indication and Prefix: adjoining, near to

place, juxta-

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Indication and Prefix: around

other parts, circum-

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Indication and Prefix: larg (e)?

size, macro-

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Indication and Prefix: different from

type or character, allo-

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Indication and Prefix: many

quantity, poly

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Indication and Prefix: blue

color, cyan

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excessive urination during the
night

nocturia

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adjoining or near the
glomerulus

juxtaglomerular

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around the cornea

circumcorneal

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plastic surgery with non-human tissue

alloplasty

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Indication and Suffix: removal

procedure, -ectomy

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Indication and Suffix: opening

procedure, -stomy

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Indication and Suffix: examination of

procedure, -scopy

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Indication and Suffix: disease

diagnosis, -pathy

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Indication and Suffix: enlargement of

diagnosis, -megaly

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Indication and Suffix: inflammation of

diagnosis, -itis

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Indication and Suffix: decrease, lack of

condition or symptom, -penia

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Indication and Suffix: vomiting

condition or symptom, -emesis

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Indication and Suffix: flowing

condition or symptom, -rrhea

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suffixes used to pertain to certain body parts or organ (5)

-al, -ary, ous, eal, or –ic

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(hypo + cal + emia)

prefix meaning
low, cal, a root word for calcium, emia, condition of blood.
The term means “low levels of calcium in the blood”

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(nephro + lith + omy )

nephro, prefix for
kidney, lith, stone, omy, incision of. The expression means
incision of the kidney for removal of stone

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(card + ia)

card-, a root meaning “heart”
-ia, a suffix meaning “a state or condition of”. This
expression means “in the region of the heart”

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(co + enzyme)

co means together with

(an + emia)

an-, prefix meaning “without” -emia, suffix meaning “condition of blood”. It means a reduction in the number of red blood cells.

give some combination forms

1. prefix, root, suffix 2. root, prefix, suffix 3. root, suffix 4. prefix, root 5. prefix, suffix

part and meaning: a, an

prefix, without; as avitaminosis

part and meaning: ab

prefix, away from; as abnormal

part and meaning: ad

prefix, near, toward; as adrenal

part and meaning: ana

prefix, upward; anabolism

part and meaning: anti

prefix, against; as antibiotic

part and meaning: auto

prefix, self; as autodigestion

part and meaning: bio

prefix, life; as biology

part and meaning: brady

prefix, slow; bradycardia

part and meaning: calor

prefix, heat; as calorimeter

part and meaning: cata

prefix, downward; as catabolism

part and meaning: chole

prefix, bile, gall; as cholagogue

part and meaning: chroma

prefix, color; as chromatosis

part and meaning: co

prefix, together; coenzyne

part and meaning: de

prefix, down, from, away

part and meaning: demi

prefix, half

part and meaning: di

prefix, two, double; as diplopia

part and meaning: dis

prefix, ill, negative; as disease

part and meaning: dys

prefix, difficult; as dyspepsia

part and meaning: ec

prefix, outside; as ectopic

part and meaning: encephal

prefix, brain; as encephalogram

part and meaning: endo

prefix, inside; as endogenous

part and meaning: epi

prefix, on; as epigastric

part and meaning: exo

prefix, outside; as exogenous

part and meaning: hemi

prefix, half

part and meaning: hemo

prefix, blood; as hemopoiesis

part and meaning: hyper

prefix, excessive; as hyperacid

part and meaning: hypo

prefix, little; as hypofunction

part and meaning: im, in

prefix, not; as immature

part and meaning: inter

prefix, between; as interstitial

part and meaning: intra

prefix, within; as intravascular

part and meaning: meso

prefix, middle; mesomorph

part and meaning: meta

prefix, change; as metaplasia

part and meaning: necro

prefix, dead; necrosis

part and meaning: para

prefix, beside; as paravertibral

part and meaning: peri

prefix, around; as pericardium

part and meaning: poly

prefix, many; polyphagia

part and meaning: post

prefix, after; as postmortem

part and meaning: pre

prefix, before; as prenatal

part and meaning: syn

prefix, union; as synthesis

part and meaning: algia

suffix, pain in; as neuralgia

part and meaning: ase

suffix, enzyme; as amylase

part and meaning: cide

suffix, kill;as bactericide

part and meaning: cule

suffix, small; as molecule

part and meaning: cyte

suffix, cell; as erythrocyte

part and meaning: ectasis

suffix, dilation of; bronchiectasis

part and meaning: ectomy

suffix, cut off; as appendectomy

part and meaning: ectopy

suffix, displacement of

part and meaning: emesis

suffix, vomiting; as hematemesis

part and meaning: emia

suffix, blood; as anemia

part and meaning: esthesia

suffix, sensation; as anesthesia

part and meaning: iasis

suffix, presence of; as lithiasis

part and meaning: ism

suffix, condition; as alcoholism

part and meaning: itis

suffix, inflammation; as appendicitis

part and meaning: lysis

suffix, destruction; as hemolysis

part and meaning: malacia

suffix, softening; as osteomalacia

part and meaning: megaly

suffix, enlargement of; cardiomegaly

part and meaning: oma

suffix, tumor, swelling: as adenoma

part and meaning: opsy

suffix, to view; as biopsy

part and meaning: osis

suffix, condition; as tuberculosis or increase; as leukocytosis

part and meaning: pathy

suffix, disease of; as neuropathy

part and meaning: penia

suffix, decrease; as leucopenia

part and meaning: phagia

suffix, to eat; as polyphagia

part and meaning: phil

suffix, to love; as basophil

part and meaning: phobia

suffix, fear of; as photophobia

part and meaning: pnea

suffix, breath; as dyspnea

part and meaning: poiesis

suffix, to produce; as erythropoiesis

part and meaning: ptysis

suffix, to spit; as hemoptysis

part and meaning: rrhea

suffix, to discharge; as diarrhea

part and meaning: scopy

suffix, examination of; as gastroscopy

part and meaning: spasm

suffix, involuntary contraction; as cardiospasm

part and meaning: stomy

suffix, opening; as ileostomy

part and meaning: tomy

suffix, to cut; as vagotomy

part and meaning: trophy

suffix, growth; as hypertrophy

part and meaning: uria

suffix, urine; as glucosuria

part and meaning: adeno

root, gland

part and meaning: ano

root, anus

part and meaning: anterio

root, artery

part and meaning: arthr

root, joint

part and meaning: -blast

root, immature form or sprout

part and meaning: broncho

root, bronchus

part and meaning: carc, canc

root, malignant tumor

part and meaning: cardi

root, heart

part and meaning: cephal

root, head

part and meaning: cerebr

root, brain

part and meaning: chol

root, bile

part and meaning: cholecysto

root, gallbladder

part and meaning: cheil

root, lips

part and meaning: chondro-

root, cartilage

part and meaning: chro

root, color

part and meaning: col

root, lower intestine

part and meaning: cyst

root, bladder

part and meaning: derm, dermato

root, skin

part and meaning: dors

root, back

part and meaning: encephalo

root, brain or skull

part and meaning: entero

root, intestine

part and meaning: galact

root, galactose

part and meaning: gastr

root, stomach

part and meaning: glosso

root, tongue

part and meaning: glyc

root, sweet

part and meaning: hepat

root, liver

part and meaning: hyster

root, womb or uterus

part and meaning: idio-

root, unknown or strange

part and meaning: ileo

root, ileum

part and meaning: laryngo

root, larynx

part and meaning: leuc, leuk

root, white

part and meaning: lipo

root, fat

part and meaning: lith

root, stone

part and meaning: lymph

root, waterlike

part and meaning: malac

root, softening

part and meaning: mast

root, breast

part and meaning: mea

root, passage

part and meaning: meg

root, large or strong or great

part and meaning: menin

root, membrane

part and meaning: myo

root, muscle

part and meaning: myelo

root, marrow

part and meaning: naso

root, nose

part and meaning: necro

root, dead

part and meaning: neur

root, nerve

part and meaning: nephr

root, kidney

part and meaning: oligo

root, few or scant

part and meaning: ophthalm

root, eye

part and meaning: osteo, oss, os

root, bone

part and meaning: ot

root, ear

part and meaning: pharyng

root, pharynx

part and meaning: phleb

root, vein

part and meaning: pseudo

root, false

part and meaning: pulmo

root, lung

part and meaning: pyel

root, pelvis

part and meaning: rhin

root, nose

part and meaning: sept

root, thin wall

part and meaning: septic

root, poison

part and meaning: stomato

root, mouth

part and meaning: thorac

root, chest

part and meaning: tracheo

root, trachea

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