CNA Suffix/Prefix/WR Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
a- | without |
ab- | away from |
abdomin | abdomen |
–ac,-al,-an, -ar, ary | pertaining to |
acu | needle; sharp |
ad- | toward |
aden | gland |
adip | fat |
aer | air |
albin | white |
–algesia | pain; sensitivity |
–algia | pain |
ambi | both |
amni | amnion |
an- | without |
andr | male |
angi | vessel |
ante- | before; in front of |
antero- | before; in front of |
anti- | against |
arter | artery |
arthr | joint |
auto- | self |
axill | armpit |
bi- | two |
bio | life |
–blast | immature; embryonic |
blephar | eyelid |
brachi | arm |
brady- | slow |
bronch | bronchus |
bucc | cheek |
carcin | cancer |
cardi | heart |
carp | wrist |
caud | tail |
–cele | protrusion |
–centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
cephal | head |
cerebr | cerebrum |
cervic | neck |
chem | chemical; drug |
chlor | green |
cholecyst | gall bladder |
chondr | cartilage |
chrom | color |
chron | time |
–cide | kill |
circum- | around |
celi | abdomen |
–cise | cut |
–cle | small |
–coccus | round |
col | colon |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against |
coron | heart |
cost | rib |
crani | skull |
cryo- | cold |
cutane | skin |
cyan | blue |
cyst | bladder |
cyt | cell |
–cyte | cell |
dactyl | fingers; toes |
de- | down |
derm | skin |
dermat | skin |
dextro | to the right |
di- | two |
dia- | through, across |
dipl | two; double |
dips | thirst |
dorso- | back |
duct | duct |
–dynia | pain |
dys- | difficult; painful |
ec- | out |
–ectasis | dilation |
–ectomy | surgical removal |
–ectopia | displacement |
–emia | blood condition |
encephal | brain |
endo- | within; inner |
enter | small intestine |
eosin | rosy |
epi- | upon; over |
–er | one who |
erythr | red |
–esthesia | feeling; sensation |
esophag | esophagus |
eu- | normal |
ex- | exit; out from |
flex | to bend |
gastr | stomach |
–gen | that which produces |
–genesis | creates |
–genic | producing |
gloss | tongue |
glyc | sugar |
–gram | record or picture |
–graph | instrument for recording |
–graphy | process of recording |
–gravida | pregnangcy |
gynec | female |
hem | blood |
hemat | blood |
hemi- | half |
hepat | liver |
hetero- | different |
hist | tissue |
home | same |
homo- | same |
hidr | sweat |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | over; above |
hypo- | under; below |
hyster | uterus |
–ia | state |
–iasis | abnormal |
–iatric | medicine |
–ic, -ical, -ior | pertaining to |
ichthy | scaly |
ile | ileum |
im- | not |
immune | immune |
in- | not; into |
infra- | under; beneath; below |
infer- | below |
inguin | groin |
inter- | among; between |
intra- | within, inside |
–ion | process |
–ism | state of |
–ist | one who specializes in |
–itis | inflammation; infection |
–ize | use or take away |
–kinesia | movement |
kyph | hump |
lapar | abdomen |
–lapse | slide or sag |
laryng | voice box |
latero- | side |
leuk | white |
lip | fat |
lingu | tongue |
–lith | stone |
–logist | one who studies |
–logy | study of |
lord | curve |
lumb | low back |
lymph | lymph |
–lysis | destroy |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad; ill |
–malacia | softening |
mamm | breast |
mast | breast |
medi- | middle |
–megaly | enlargement |
melan | black |
meso- | middle |
meta- | change, beyond |
–meter | instrument to measure |
–metry | process of measuring |
micro- | small |
mid- | middle |
mono- | one |
morph | shape |
muc | mucus |
multi- | many |
my | muscle |
myc | fungus |
myel | spinal cord |
nas | nose |
nat | birth |
natr | sodium |
necr | death |
neo- | new |
nephr | kidney |
neur | nerve |
norm | rule; order |
nulli- | none |
–oid | like; resembling |
–ole | small |
olig | scanty |
–oma | tumor; mass |
omphal | navel |
onc | tumor |
onych | nail |
ophthalm | eye |
-opia | vision |
opt | eye |
or | mouth |
orch | testes |
orth | straight |
–ory, -ose, -ous | pertaining to |
–osis | abnormal condition |
oste | bone |
–ostomy | surgically create an opening |
ot | ear |
o, ov | egg; ovary |
ox | oxygen |
pachy- | thick |
pan- | all |
para- | beside; near |
–paresis | weakness |
–parous | give birth |
–partum | birth; labor |
path | disease |
–pathy | disease |
ped | child |
ped/pod | foot |
–penia | few |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
peritone | peritoneum |
–pexy | surgical fixation |
phag | eat |
pharyng | throat |
–phasia | speech |
–phobia | abnormal fear |
–phoria | mental state |
phot | light |
–physis | to grow |
pil | hair |
–plasia | growth |
–plasm | formation |
–plasty | surgical repair |
–plegia | paralysis |
pleur | pleura |
–pnea | breathing |
pneumon | lung |
poly- | many |
post- | after |
postero- | behind |
pre- | before; in front of |
pro- | before; in front of |
pseudo- | false |
–ptosis | drooping |
pulmon | lung |
purpur | purple |
py | pus |
pyret | fever |
quad- | four |
re- | again, back |
rect | rectum |
ren | kidney |
retro- | backward; behind |
rhin | nose |
–rrhage | excessive flow |
–rrhapy | suture |
–rrhea | discharge |
–rrhexis | rupture |
salping | fallopian tubes |
sarc | flesh |
–sclerosis | hardening |
–scope | instrument for viewing |
–scopy | process of viewing |
semi- | partial |
seps | infection |
sinsistro- | left |
–sis | condition |
somat | body |
sonmo | sleep |
–spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
spleen | spleen |
–stalsis | constriction |
staphyl | clusters |
–stasis | stopping |
–stenosis | narrowing |
sub- | below; under |
super- | above; excess |
supra- | above |
sym- | together |
syn- | together |
tachy- | rapid; fast |
thel | nipple |
–therapy | treatment |
thorac | chest |
thromb | clot |
tonsill | tonsils |
tox | toxin |
trache | wind-pipe |
trans- | through, across |
tri- | three |
trich | hair |
–trophy | nourishment; development |
–ule | small |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
ung | nail |
uni- | one |
ur | urine |
–uria | urine condition |
ven | vein |
vertebr | vertebra |
viscer | internal organ |
xanth | yellow |
xer | dry |
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