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prefix
prefix root suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |