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prefixes,suffixes,wordroots
| Prefix,Suffix,Wordroot | Answer |
|---|---|
| brady- | slow |
| eu- | good,normal,well,easily |
| pneu- | lungs and air |
| tachy- | fast,rapid |
| dys- | painful,bad,difficult |
| an- | without,less than |
| extra- | outside |
| per- | through |
| pro- | before,in behalf of |
| trans- | across |
| anti- | against |
| epi- | upper,above |
| endo- | within |
| peri- | around |
| albumin/o | protein |
| aneurysm/o | widened blood vessel |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| ather/o | plaque,fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium |
| bilirubin/o | bile pigment |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| ech/o | repeated sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | embolus,plug |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibrill/o | muscular twitching |
| fibrin/o | threads of clots |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemat/o | blood |
| isch/o | hold back |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| macr/o | large |
| my/o | muscle |
| phag/o | eating |
| phleb/o | vein |
| reticul/o | net,mesh |
| scler/o | hardening |
| ser/o | serum |
| sept/o | septum |
| septi/o | seven |
| septic/o | poison |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel (usually blood or lymph) |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (heart or brain) |
| ven/o | vein |
| septic/o | poison |
| scler/o | hardening |
| reticul/o | network |
| alveol/o | alveolus,air sac |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| bronch/o | bronchus (plural bronchi) |
| bronchial/o | bronchiole |
| coni/o | dust |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| nas/o | nose |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| ox/y | oxygen |
| ox/ | oxygen |
| orth/o | straight |
| pector/o | chest |
| pneumon/o | air,lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| rhin/o | nose |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| thorac/o | instrument to measure(-meter) the chest, chest |
| atel/o | incomplete,imperfect |
| anthrac/o | black |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| cyan/o | blue |
| lob/o | lobe |
| or/o | oral,mouth |
| olfact/o | smell |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pleur/o | pleura,side of body |
| phon/o | sound |
| steth/o | instrument to measure(-meter) the chest |
| sinus/o | sinus,cavity |
| spir/o | breathe |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| -cyte | cell |
| -crasia | mixture,blending |
| -fusion | pour |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| -phage | cell that destroys, eats |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -ectasis | stretching,dilation,enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -osmia | smell |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -phonia | voice |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -thorax | chest,pleural cavity |
| intra- | within |
| -lysis | loosening,seperating |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| hyper- | excessive |
| -pathy | disease of |
| -rrhaphy | suture of |
| malac/ia | softening |
| -ia | pertaining to |
| -rrhythm | rhythm |
| enter/o | within |
| sub- | under,below |
| a- | without,absence of |
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