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Cricks_Prefix-Suiffi
Cricks Prefix-Suffix Entire Year
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| *a, an- | without |
| aden(o) | gland, glandular tissue |
| *-algia | pain |
| angi(o) | vessel |
| ante- | before, forward, in front of |
| *anter(i) anter(o) | front, forward |
| anti- | against |
| arteri(o) | artery |
| arthr(o) | joint |
| - | ase enzyme |
| audi(o) | hearing audiogram, |
| *brady- | slow |
| *bronch(o) | tubes in lung |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| *cardi(o) | heart |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| *cephal(o) | head |
| *cerebr(o) | brain |
| *cervic(o) | neck, cervix |
| chol(e) | bile, gall |
| chondr(o) | cartilage |
| circum- | around, about, encircling |
| col(o) | colon |
| contra- | against |
| *cost(o) | rib |
| crani(o) | skull, |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| cyst(o) | bladder |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| derm(o) | , dermat(o) |
| diplo- | double, twofold |
| dors(o) | back |
| dys- | difficult, abnormal, bad, painful |
| -ectomy | excision, excise, to cut out |
| -emia | blood condition |
| encephal(o) | brain, inside the head |
| *endo- | inside, inner, within |
| enter(o) | intestine |
| epi- | outer, upon |
| erythr(o) | red |
| eu- | normal, easy, good |
| extra- | outside, beyond |
| *gastr(o) | stomach |
| gloss(o) | tongue |
| *gluc(o) | sugar |
| *glyc(o) | sugar, sweet |
| -gram | picture, graph, record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of making an image |
| gynec(o) | woman, female |
| *hem(o)-, hemat(o)- blood | |
| hemi- | half |
| *hepat(o) | liver |
| hidr(o) | sweat, sweat glands |
| *hist(o) | tissue |
| homo- | same, alike |
| hydr | water |
| *hyper- | excessive, high, above, upward |
| *hypo- | deficient, low, below, down |
| hyster(o) | uterus |
| *-iasis | condition of disease |
| immun(o) | immune |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| *inter- | between, among |
| *intra- | within, inside |
| iso- | equal, same |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kerat(o) | cornea |
| lact(o) | milk |
| lapar(o) | abdomen |
| laryng(o) | larynx, voice box |
| later(o) | side |
| leuk(o) | white |
| lingu(o) | tongue |
| lip(o) | fat |
| lith(o) | stone, calculus |
| -logist | one who studies or specializes |
| -logy | the study of |
| -lysis | destruction, dissolution, breakdown |
| mal- | bad, abnorma |
| mamm(o) | breast, mammary gland |
| mast(o) | breast, mammary gland |
| *megalo- | large, enlarged |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| melan(o) | dark pigmented, black |
| men(o) | menstruation, menses |
| mening(o) | meninges, membrane around the brain |
| meta- | beyond, after, |
| -meter | instrument to measure or count |
| -metry | process of measuring or counting |
| *my(o) | muscle |
| myc(o) | fungus, fungi |
| myel(o) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nas(o) | nose |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| neur(o) | nerve |
| non- | not |
| *-oma | tumor, abnormal growth |
| onc(o) | tumor |
| oophor(o) | ovary, ovaries |
| ophthalm(o) | eye |
| –opia | vision |
| orch(o) | testes, testis, testicle. |
| -osis | condition, increase |
| *oste(o) | bone |
| ot(o) | ear |
| para- | beside, near |
| -pathy | disease |
| pelv(i), pelv(o) | pelvis |
| -penia | deficiency, low number |
| peps(o) | digestion |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| peri- | near, around, surrounding |
| phag(o) | eat, swallow |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
| pharyng(o) | pharynx, throat |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| physi(o) | body function |
| -plasia | development, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum(o) | air, breath, lung |
| pneumon(o) | lung |
| pod(o) | foot |
| *poly- | much, many |
| post- | after |
| poster(i), poster(o) | back, behind |
| proct(o) | anus, rectum |
| psych(o) | mind, mental |
| -ptosis | prolapse, sagging, sagged |
| pulmon(o) | lung |
| py(o) | pus |
| pyel(o) | pelvis of kidney, |
| pyr-, pyro- | fever, fire |
| radi(o) | x- |
| *ren(o) | kidney |
| retro- | behind, backward, in back of |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| -rrhagia | hemorrhage, excessive discharge |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| salping(o) | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
| scler(o) | hard, hardening |
| -scope | instrument used to exam or look |
| -scopy | process of examining |
| semi- | half, partly, partially |
| spondyl(o) | spine, vertebra, vertebrae |
| stomat(o) | mouth |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above, over, at the top of |
| syn- | together, with, joined, fused |
| syphil(o) | syphilis |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| *thorac(o) | chest, thorax |
| thromb(o) | blood clot |
| thyr(o) | thyroid |
| -tomy | incision, incise, to cut into |
| tox-, toxi-, toxo- | poison toxin |
| trans- | across, over, through |
| -trophy | development, growth, nutrition |
| urethr(o) | urethra |
| -uria | urine |
| vas(o) | vessel, vas deferens |
| ven(o) | vein |
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