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Mixed Bag
Key Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anxio/o- | uneasy, anxious, distressed |
| halluncin/o | hallucination |
| hypo- | under, below, decreased, abnormally low |
| -mania | excited state, obsessive |
| ment/o | mind |
| para- | abnormal |
| phobia | fear |
| psych/o | mind |
| schiz/o | split |
| -algia | pain |
| cerebell/o | cerebrum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| kines/o | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| mening/o | meninges |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -paresis | slight paralysis (weakness) |
| -phasia | speech -plegia |
| paralysis pont/o | pons |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| -otia | ear condition |
| ot/o | ear |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | arteries |
| arteriol/o | arterioles |
| atri/o | atrium |
| capillar/o | capillary |
| coron/o | heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphat/o | lymphatics |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessels |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ventricul/o | cavity, ventricle |