suffixes and prefixes (spring 25) Flashcards
(78 cards)
1
Q
-blast
A
embryonic cell
2
Q
-globin
A
protein
3
Q
-penia
A
decrease, deficiency
4
Q
-phil
A
attraction for
5
Q
-phylaxis
A
protection
6
Q
-poiesis
A
formation, production
7
Q
-stasis
A
standing still
8
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness, debility
9
Q
-clasia
A
to break, surgical fracture
10
Q
-clast
A
to break, surgical fracture
11
Q
-desis
A
binding, fixation (bone/joint)
12
Q
-malacia
A
softening
13
Q
-porosis
A
porous
14
Q
-sarcoma
A
malignant timor of connective tissue
15
Q
syn-
A
union, together, joined
16
Q
genesis
A
forming
17
Q
-iasis
A
abnormal condition
18
Q
-uria
A
urine
19
Q
aniso-
A
unequal, dissimilar
20
Q
dia-
A
through, across
21
Q
retro-
A
backward, behind
22
Q
-arche
A
beginning
23
Q
-cyesis
A
pregnancy
24
Q
-gravida
A
pregnant woman
25
-para
to bear (offspring)
26
-salpinx
tube (fallopian/eustachian)
27
-tocia
childbirth, labor
28
-version
turning
29
ante-
before, in front of
30
dys-
bad, painful
31
endo-
in, within
32
multi-
many
much
33
post-
after
34
primi-
first
35
-cide
killing
36
-ism
condition
37
-spadias
slit, fissure
38
brachy-
short
39
epi-
above, upon
40
adren/o
adrenal glands
41
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
42
calc/o
calcium
43
crin/o
secrete
44
gluc/o
sugar, sweetness
45
glyc/o
sugar, sweetness
46
glycos/o
sugar, sweetness
47
home/o
same, alike
48
kal/i
potassium
49
pancreat/o
pancreas
50
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
51
thym/o
thymus gland
52
thyr/o
thyroid gland
53
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
54
toxic/o
poison
55
-crine
secrete
56
-dipsia
thirst
57
-gen
forming, producing, origin
58
-toxic
pertaining to poison
59
-uria
urine
60
eu-
good
61
exo-
outside
62
poly
many
63
-esthesia
feeling
63
-kinesia
movement
63
-asthenia
weakness, debility
64
-lepsy
seizure
65
-paresis
partial paralysis
66
-phasia
speech
67
-plegia
paralysis
68
-taxia
order, coordination
69
pachy-
thick
70
syn-
union, together, joined
71
para-
near, beside; beyond
72
-acusia
hearing
73
-cusis
hearing
74
-opia
vision
75
-opsia
vision
76
-tropia
turning
