click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Kara's cards
prefixes and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dia- | Through, complete |
| dys- | Difficult, labored, painful, adnormal |
| pro- | Before |
| hypo- | Below incomplete, deficient |
| hyper- | Above, excessive |
| meta- | After, beyond, change |
| neo- | New |
| sis | State of |
| -gen | Substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | Producing, originating, causing |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -ologist | One who studies and practices (specialist, physician) |
| -ology | Study of |
| -stasis | Control, stop |
| -plasm | Growth, substance (formation) |
| -pathy | diesase |
| -plasia | formation, development, a growth |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -genesis | origin, cause |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -osis | Abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
| -oma | Tumor, swelling |