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prefixes, suffixes
disease
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| adip | fat |
| angio | vessel |
| arter | artery |
| arthro | joint |
| asis/asia ; osis/sis | state, condition |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| blast/blast | precursor |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi/cardio/cardia | heart |
| cerebro | brain |
| chondo | cartilage |
| circum | around |
| cost | rib |
| cut | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | a hollow cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | twice |
| ectomy | excission |
| end/endo | inside |
| erytho | red |
| form | shape |
| gastr | stomach |
| glyco | suger |
| gram | record |
| hem | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| histo | tissue |
| homeo | same |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | under |
| itis | inflammation |
| macr | large |
| mal | abnormal |
| mast | breast |
| micr | small |
| mono | single |
| myo | muscle |
| neur/neuro | nerve |
| ology | the study of |
| oma | swelling |
| onco | mass, tumor |
| osteon/osteo | bone |
| para | beyond |
| patho/path/pathy | disease |
| peri | around |
| scope/scopy | to view |
| sect | to cut |
| super | above or beyond |
| thromb | clot |
| tomy/set/ectomy | to cut |
| tri | three |
| uni | unicellular |
| vas/angio | vessel |
| rhino | nose |
| plasty | flat or reform |
| encephalo/cerebro | brain |
| phlebo | A VEIN |
| electro | electric |
| tonsil | a mass of tissue in the throat |
| appendi | a part of the intesines |