Word Roots ✰ Prefixes ✰ Suffixes Flashcards
(150 cards)
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cutane/o
A
skin
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therm/o
A
heat
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ven/o
A
vein
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hemi-
A
half
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semi-
A
half
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pleg/o
A
paralysis
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poly-
A
many
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multi-
A
many
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tachy-
note: not ‘tacky’
A
fast
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brady-
A
slow
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cyst/o
A
cyst
a sac with fluid inside
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scope
A
instrument to view
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-cyt
A
cell
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dia-
A
through
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mal-
A
bad
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micro-
A
small
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macro-
A
large
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nourish
A
nutrition
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ur/o
A
urine
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ad-
A
to, toward, add to
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ab-
A
away from
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duct/o
A
lead
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super-
A
above/over
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-megaly
A
large; larger than normal
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-rrhaphy
to suture
| sew/stitch with suture
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herni/o
buldge, to push out
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-osis
condition of
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dermat/o
skin
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-plasty
surgical repair
| think of plastic surgery to repair
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-rrhagia
bursting forth
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hem/o
blood
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ot/o
ear
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cyan/o
blue
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erythr/o
red
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leuk/o
white
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albin/o
absence of color
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melan/o
black
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jaund/o
yellow
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xanth/o
yellow
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home/o
sameness/unchanging
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-stasis
state of
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anterior
front
references front of organism
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posterior
back
references back of organism
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distal
references the furthest away
from the main trunk of body
the wrist is distal
to the elbow
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proximal
references the closest to the main trunk of body
he elbow is proximal to the fingers
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ventral
references front of trunk
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dorsal
references back of trunk
*dorsal also refers to top of foot
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cyst/o
cyst
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umbilicus
belly button
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epi-
above
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chondr/o
ribs
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supine
lying down on back, facing the ceiling
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prone
lying down on abdomen, facing the floor
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-ion
condition of
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flex/o
to bend; to move a joint
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tens/o
to stretch
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ex-
to exit, go out, away
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radi/o
refers to x-rays
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-graphy
refers to a process or procedure to record a body image, actions, or electrical impulses of the body.
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-gram
refers to the actual record of the process or procedure.
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-graph
refers to the graphic machine used in the process or procedure
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cardi/o
heart
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oste/o
bone
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enter/o
intestine
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hepat/o
liver
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arteri/o
artery
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gastr/o
stomach
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path/o
disease
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derm/a
skin
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arthr/o
joint
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null-
none
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bi-
two
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tri-
three
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quad-
four
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pre-
before
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post-
after
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neo-
new
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nat/o
refers to birth
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epi-
above
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hyper-
high, above normal or excessive
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hypo-
less than, below normal
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sub-
less than, below normal
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-al
pertaining to
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-ial
pertaining to
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ac
pertaining to
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-ous
pertaining to
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-osis
condition of
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-ectomy
excision; “surgical removal
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-itis
inflammation
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-tomy
incision; “cut into”
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-rrhea
excessive flow
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cyt/o
cell
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cellul/o
cell
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hist/o
tissue
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aden/o
glands
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endo-
within
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-oma
tumor
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-logy
study of
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-logist
one who studies
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carcin/o
cancer
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lip-
fat
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sarc/o
deep
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-gen
genesis
causes a change
“in the beginning”
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meta-
change
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perit/o
abdominal
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pleur/o
rib, side, pleura
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pariet/o
cavity
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onych/o
nails
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keratin/o
hardened or horny
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myc/o
fungus
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-malacia
softening
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seb/o
oil
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xero-
dry
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scler/o
hardened, tight
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sept/o
dirty, infected
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ligament/o
-ligaments
tough bands of fibrous connective tissue
connect bone to bone
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articul/o
-movement
to articulate (move) the joint
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-malacia
-softening
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por/o
(porous)
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kyph/o
hump
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scoli/o
crooked, twisted
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pedi/o
child
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crani/o
skull
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-atrist
specialist to heal
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ten/o
tend/o
tendon/o
to stretch
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fasci/o
-fascia
covering that completely surrounds a muscle
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-trophy
development
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dys-
bad
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a-
aithout or reduced
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-algia
pain
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fibr/o
fiber
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my/o
tissue
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neur/o
-neuron
composed of many neurons and receive sensations
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cerebr/o
| encephal/o
brain
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myel/o
(multiple meanings)
- spinal cord
- bone marrow
- myelin sheath
- medulla
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spin/o
spinal cord
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-para
around
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-an
no
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mening/o
membrane
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vascul/o
vessel (blood)
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Ischem/o
loss of blood flow
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esthes/o
feel
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ophthalm/o
| ocul/o
eye
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opi/a
| opt/o
vision
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presby-
old age
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dipl/o
double
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my-
near
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audi/o
hear
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cus/o
| -acusis
sense of hearing
