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prefix root suffix
Question | Answer |
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abdomin o | abdimin |
ren o | renal, kidney |
angi o | vessel |
sarc o | flesh |
bio | life |
thromb o | clot |
carcin o | cancer |
trache i | trachea |
cardi o | heart |
chephal o | head |
cyt o | cell |
enter o | intestines |
gynec o | woman |
hemat o | blood |
inid o | iris |
lip o | fat |
necr o | death |
onc o | tumor |
pelvi o | pelvic |
urer o | uterus |
cyst o | sac containing fluid |
electr o | electriccity |
fibrin o | fiber |
hem o | blood |
hepat o | liver |
kerat o | keratin (protein) |
mast o | breast |
nephr o | kidney |
path o | disease |
radi o | x-ray |
a-, an- | without/not |
ad- | toward, to near |
ante-pre-pro- | before |
bi- | two |
bio- | life |
circum- | around |
con- | with, together |
syn- | together |
trans- | across |
dis- | apart, separate |
dys- | faulty, painful, difficult |
ec- | out, away |
ecto- | outside |
en- intra- | inside |
eu- | normal |
semi- | half |
hypo- | below, under |
sub- | under |
mal- | bad |
meta- | beyond |
mono- | one |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
ab- | away from |
ambi- | both |
anti- | against |
contra- | against |
auto- | self |
di- | two |
brady- | slow |
peri- | around |
sym- | together |
de- | not, from, down |
dia- | across |
super- | above |
e- | out away |
ex- | out away |
extra- | outside |
endo- | indise |
epi- | upon |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | above, excessive |
infra- | between |
inter- | between |
meso- | middle |
micro- | small |
uni- | one |
pachy- | thick |
para- | abnormal, alongside |
peri- | through |
multi- | many |
quadri- | four |
re- | against, back |
supra- | outside, beyond |
tri- | three |
poly- | many |
posi- | after |
tetra | four |
retro- | backwards, behind |
tachy- | fast |
ultra- | beyond |
-blast | immature |
-e | noun maker |
-graph | instrument for recordeing |
-metry | process of measuring |
-iatry | study of |
-oligist | specialist in the study |
-ium, -eum | tissue |
-or | one who |
-scope | instrument to examine |
-stasis | stop, stand still |
-cele | sac, pouch |
-emia | condition of blood |
-genic | beginning, origin |
-ism | condition of |
-itis | inflamation |
-malacia | softening |
-oma | tumor |
-penia | lack of |
-phagy | eat, devour |
-philia | love for |
-plasia | formation |
-lysis | breaking down |
-megaly | enlargement |
-osis | condition |
-ptosis | drooping, falling |
-rrhagia | to burst forth |
-rrhea | discharge |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-y | condition |
-ectomy | excision |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-stomy | surgical creation of opening |
-tripsy | crushing |
-cyte | cell |
-gram | record |
-meter | instrument fo rmeasuring |
-iatric | treatment |
-ology | study of |
-icle -ole -ula | all mean small |
-ize, -ate | make, use |
-poiesis | formation |
-scopy | examine |
-algia -dyna | pain |
-emesis | vomit |
-form | like, resembling |
-genesis | production |
-iasis | formation |
-phage | eat, devour |
-phile | love for |
-phobia | fear of |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhage, -rrhagic | to burst forth |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-trophy | development |
-centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
-pexy | surgical suspension/fixation |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-tomy | incision |