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Stack #50256
B's prefixes, roots, suffixes
| term | meaning |
|---|---|
| apo | away from |
| de | from, down from, lack of |
| dia | through, completely |
| diffus | spreading |
| dys | painful, difficult |
| ec(to) | out of |
| eu | normal, health |
| meta | beyond, change, after |
| olig(o) | few, little |
| par(a) | near, beside, accessory to |
| re | back, contrary |
| acr(o) | extremity, peak |
| aden(o) | gland |
| adipo | fat |
| algia | pain |
| angi(o) | vessel |
| ankyl | crooked, fusion |
| bili | bile |
| blast | to bud, sprout or produce |
| blephar(o) | eyelid |
| ala | wing |
| card | tail |
| chol(e) | bile |
| col(i)(o) | colon |
| cor | heart |
| cyst(i)(o) | bladder/sac containing fluid |
| enter(o) | intestine |
| emia | condition of blood |
| fasci | bundle |
| febri | fever |
| fibro | fibers |
| fil | threadlike |
| genic | origin, cause |
| geront(o) | aging |
| gest | carry |
| gloss(o) | tongue |
| heme(a)(o) | blood/iron |
| hemato | blood |
| ischi(o) | hip |
| kerat(o) | horny tissue, cornea |
| kine(t)(o) | movement |
| krin or crin | to secrete |
| leuk(o) | white |
| lith(o) | stone |
| mast(o) | breast |
| matrix | womb |
| ment | mind |
| mio | less, smaller |
| mito | threadlike |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| myel(o) | marrow, spinal cord |
| myx | mucus |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| onco | swelling, mass |
| ophthalm(o) | eye |
| orchi(o) | testes |
| ot(o) | ear |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| plasia | growth |
| plege | stroke, paralysis |
| pleur(o) | pleura, rib, side |
| pneum(o) | lung |
| pnoia | breath |
| pnea | breath |
| pod(o) | foot |
| proct(o) | rectum |
| pulmo(n) | lung |
| pyel(o) | renal pelvis |
| sarc(o) | flesh |
| scler(o) | hard |
| scolio | crooked |
| sense | perception, feeling |
| sep | decay |
| sten(o) | narrow |
| tachy | rapid, swift |
| thelium | covering |
| vas(o) | vessel |
| ven(i)(o) | vein |
| vesic(o) | bladder |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| lys(i)(o) | breakdown |
| osis | condition/process |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | production |
| praxia | movement |
| rrhea | fluid discharge |
| stomy | opening |
| tomy | incision |
| tonia | tension |
| tripsy | crushing |
| ly | act, process |
| rrhage | excessive flow |
| diplo | double |
| eosin(o) | rose-coloured |
| purpur(o) | rose-coloured |
| rose(o) | red |
| rube | red |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| -centesis | puncture & aspiration of fluid |
| -ostomy | surgically create artificial opening |
| -otomy | incision |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar | pertaining to the word in front of it |
| -eal, -iad, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior | pertaining to word in front |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ory, -ose, -ous, -tic | pertaining to word in front |
| root | disease, procedure, body part |
| prefix | location, number, time |
| suffix | condition, disease, procedure |
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