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Week 5 flash cards
Prefix/suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hypo- | below, deficient |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| days- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| poly- | many, excessive |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| pan- | all |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside |
| peri- | around |
| trans- | across, through |
| intra- | inside |
| sub- | under, below |
| super- | above |
| hemi- | half |
| semi- | hard, partial |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quadri- | four |
| de- | down, away from |
| re- | again, backward |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| gaatr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| enter/o | intestine |
| col/o | colon |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oste/o | bone |
| my/o | bone |
| arthr/o | joint |
| dermat/o | skin |
| hemato/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pulmon/o | lunch |
| rhin/o | nose |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| Ot/o | ear |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ocul/o | eye |
| mast/o | breast |
| cervic/o | neck or cervix |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| metr/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| oophor/o | Ovary |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| andr/o | male |
| test/o | testis |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| vas/o | Vessel or vas deferens |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| artei/o | artery |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| crani/o | skull |
| Cephal/o | head |
| thorac/o | chest |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| Oste/o | bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| Ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| odont/o | tooth |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| aden/o | gland |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -lith | stone |
| -malacia | softening |
| -necorsis | death of tissue |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear or sensitivity |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -stasis | control, stop |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -gram | record or image |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| Rhin/o | nose |