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Quick & Easy MT ch 3
Quick & Easy MT Ch 3 Writing Terms with Prefixes, Suffixes and combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| bi- | two |
| di- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quad- | four |
| quadri- | four |
| tetra- | four |
| centi- | one hundred, one hundredth |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| diplo- | double |
| hemi- | half, partly |
| semi- | partly |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| multi- | many |
| poly- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all |
| primi- | first |
| super- | excessive |
| ultra- | excessive |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before in time or in place |
| pre- | before in time or in place |
| circum- | around |
| peri- | around |
| dia- | through |
| ecto- | out, without, away from |
| ex- | out, without, away from |
| exo- | out, without, away from |
| extra- | out, without, away from |
| en- | inside |
| end- | inside |
| endo- | inside |
| epi- | above, on |
| hypo- | beneath or under |
| sub- | beneath or under |
| infra- | beneath or under |
| inter | between |
| intra- | within |
| meso- | middle |
| mid- | middle |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| per- | through or by |
| post- | after, behind |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| super- | above, beyond |
| supra- | above, beyond |
| sym- | joined, together |
| syn- | joined, together |
| trans- | across |
| ante- | before |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after, behind |
| macro- | large, great |
| mega- | large, great |
| megalo- | large, great |
| micro- | small |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| in- | not or inside |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| mal- | bad |
| pro- | favoring, supporting |
| tachy- | fast |
| alb/o | white |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| gen/o | beginning |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -genesis | producing or forming |
| gram/o | to record |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -kinesia | movement, motion |
| -kinesis | movement, motion |
| leps/o | seizure |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | process of destroying |
| -lytic | capable of or producing destruction |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| megal/o | large, enlarged |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| phag/o | eat, ingest |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phagic | eating, swallowing |
| -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| phas/o | speech |
| -phasia | speech |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| schis/o | split, cleft |
| schiz/o | split, cleft |
| schist/o | split, cleft |
| -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o | hardening |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| scop/o | to examine, to view |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of examining visually |
| troph/o | nutrition |
| -trophic | nutrition |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| aer/o | air |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| cancer/o | cancer |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| dips/o | thirst |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| necr/o | dead |
| optic/o | vision |
| opt/o | vision |
| pharmac/o | drugs, medicine |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| therm/o | heat |
| top/o | position, place |
| trache/o | trachea |
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MrsSlagter
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