Word Parts Flashcards
(197 cards)
1
Q
a-
an-
A
no
not
without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
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Q
- able
- ible
A
capable of
able to
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Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
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Q
-al
A
pertaining to
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Q
-an
A
pertaining to
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Q
- ar
- ary
A
pertaining to
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Q
acr/o
A
extremities
arms & legs
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Q
algesi/o
-algia
A
sensitivity to pain
pain
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Q
an/o
A
anus
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Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff
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Q
-ase
A
enzyme
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Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
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Q
atel/o
A
imperfect
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Q
-ation
A
action
process
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Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
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Q
caud/o
A
tail
in a posterior direction
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Q
-cele
A
hernia
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Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
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Q
cephal/o
A
head
toward the head
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cheil/o
A
lips
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chir/o
A
hand
chiroplasty - plastic surgery of the hand
chirospasm - cramping of the hand
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chlor/o
A
green
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chol/e
A
bile
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chondr/o
cartilage
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circum-
around
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colp/o
vagina
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crin/o
| -crine
secrete
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cry/o
cold
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cyan/o
blue
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dacry/o
tear
tearing
crying
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de-
Reversing
Removing
Decongestants - eliminate or reduce swelling/congestion
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dia-
through
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dips/o
thrist
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-dynia
pain
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dys-
'bad'
| difficult
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-eal
pertaining to
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-ectasia
dilation
| stretching
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-ectasis
dilation
| stretching
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ecto-
outside
ectopic pregnancy
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-emesis
vomiting
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en-
end-
endo-
inside
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epi-
above
| upon
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-er
one who
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-esis
action
process
result of
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-esthesi/o
sensation
| perception
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esthesi/o
feeling
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eu-
normal
| good
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-eum
membrane
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-ium
membrane
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ex-
| exo-
out
without
away from
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extra-
outside
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fet/o
fetus
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gen/o
| -gen
beginning
| origin
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-genesis
producing
| forming
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-genic
produced by
| produced in
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genit/o
genitals
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gloss/o
tongue
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gon/o
genitals
| reproduction
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gram/o
to record
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-gram
a record
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-graph
recording instrument
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-graphy
process of recording
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gynec/o
female
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hidr/o
perspiration
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hist/o
tissue
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hydr/o
water
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hyster/o
uterus
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-ia
condition
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-iasis
condition
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-iac
on who suffers
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-ic
pertaining to
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ichthy/o
fish
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in-
not
inside
in
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inter-
between
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intra-
within
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-ism
condition
| theory
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-ist
one who
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-ium
membrane
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-ive
pertaining to
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lacrim/o
tear
tearing
crying
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lapar/o
abdominal wall
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leps/o
| -lepsy
seizure
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-lexia
word
| phrases
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lith/o
| -lith
stone
| calculus
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lumb/o
lower back
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lys/o
destruction
| dissolving
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-lysin
that which destroys
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-lysis
dissolving
destruction
freeing
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-lytic
capable of destroying
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mal-
'bad'
poor
abnormal
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malac/o
| -malacia
soft
| softening
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mamm/o
| mast/o
breast
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-mania
excessive preoccupation
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medio-
middle
| nearer the middle
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men/o
month
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ment/o
mind
| chin
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meta-
change
| next in a series
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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metr/i
uterine tissue
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metr/o
measure
| uterine tissue
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-metry
process of measuring
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my/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus
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myel/o
bone marrow
| spinal cord
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myx/o
mucus
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narc/o
stupor
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nat/i
| nat/o
birth
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ne/o
new
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nulli-
none
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-oid
resembling
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-ole
little
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olig/o
few
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omphal/o
umbilicus (navel)
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-on
body
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onych/o
nail
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oophor/o
ovary
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or/o
mouth
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orchi/o
| orchid/o
testes
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-orexia
appetite
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orth/o
straight
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-ose
sugar
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-osis
condition
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oste/o
bone
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-ous
pertaining to
| characterized by
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ovar/o
ovary
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pan-
all
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par/o
to bear offspring
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para-
near
besides
abnormal
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-para
female who has given birth
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pen/o
penis
| punishment
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-penia
deficiency
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-pepsia
digestion
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per-
through
| by
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peri-
around
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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phag/o
- phagia
- phagic
- phagy
eating
swallowing
ingesting
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phas/o
| -phasia
speech
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phleb/o
vein
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phon/o
voice
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phren/o
mind
| diaphragm
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physi/o
nature
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-physis
growth
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pil/o
hair
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-plasia
development
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pleg/o
| -plegia
paralysis
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-poiesis
production
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-pnea
breathing
Apnea (not breathing)
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proct/o
anus
| rectum
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-ptosis
sagging
| prolapse
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pun/o
pubis
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py/o
pus
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
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pyr/o
fire
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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-rrhage
excessive bleeding
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-rrhea
flow
| dischange
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-rrexis
rupture
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salping/o
uterine tube
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-sarcoma
malignant tumor arising from connective tissue
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scler/o
| -sclerosis
hard
| hardening
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scop/o
to examine
| to view
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scrot/o
scrotum
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semin/o
semen
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som/a
| somat/o
body
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son/o
sounds
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spermat/o
sperm
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spir/o
spiral
| to breathe
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-stasis
stopping
| controlling
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stomat/o
mouth
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-stomy
formation of an opening
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sym-
| syn-
joined
| together
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tachy-
fast
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test/o
| testicul/o
testicle
| testis
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tetra-
four
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tom/o
to cut
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-tome
instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
incision
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trans-
across
| through
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trich/o
hair
183
-tripsy
surgical crushing
184
troph/o
- trophic
- trophy
nutrition
185
-tropic
stimulate
186
-tropin
that which stimulates
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ungu/o
nail
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uter.o
uterus
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vagin/o
vagina
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ventr/o
ventral
| belly side
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vesic/o
bladder
| vesicle
192
vulv/o
vulva
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xanth/o
yellow
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xer/o
dry
195
-y
state
| condition
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agora-
open marketplace
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aut/o
self
