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Prefixes and Suffixes

  1. a-
    without
  2. ab-
    away from
  3. ad-
    toward
  4. arthro-
    joint
  5. brachio-
    arm
  6. brady-
    slow
  7. buccal-
    cheek
  8. cardio-
    heart
  9. carpo-
    wrist
  10. cephalo-
    head
  11. chole-
    bile
  12. cysto-
    bladder
  13. colp-
    vagina
  14. derma-
    skin
  15. dys-
    painful
  16. ecto-
    outside
  17. endo-
    inside, within
  18. entero-
    intestine
  19. gastro-
    stomach
  20. gloss-
    tongue
  21. gyne-
    woman
  22. myo-
    muscle
  23. nephro-
    kidney
  24. neuro-
    nerve
  25. oculo-
    eye
  26. orchid-
    testes
  27. osteo-
    bone
  28. pan-
    all
  29. para-
    beside
  30. peri-
    around
  31. phleb-
    vein
  32. poly-
    many
  33. pneumo-
    lung
  34. post-
    behind
  35. pre-
    before
  36. pulm-
    lung
  37. pyo-
    pus
  38. retro-
    backward
  39. rhin-
    nose
  40. salphingo-
    tube
  41. stoma-
    mouth
  42. sub-
    below
  43. hemi-
    half
  44. hepato-
    liver
  45. hydro-
    water
  46. hypo-
    deficient
  47. hyster-
    uterus
  48. inter-
    between
  49. lapar-
    abdomen
  50. macro-
    large
  51. micro-
    small
  52. mono
    one
  53. myelo-
    bone marrow
  54. supra
    above
  55. tachy-
    fast, rapid
  56. thrombo-
    clot
  57. trans-
    across
  58. vas-
    vessel
  59. viscera-
    organ
  60. -algia
    pain
  61. -centesis
    puncture
  62. -ectomy
    removal of
  63. -ectasis
    enlargement
  64. -emia
    blood
  65. -gram
    picture
  66. -itis
    inflammation
  67. -megaly
    enlarged
  68. -lysis
    breakdown
  69. -osis
    disease, condition
  70. -ostomy
    surgical opening
  71. -otomy
    incision
  72. -pathy
    disease
  73. -penia
    deficiency
  74. -phagia
    swallow
  75. -phobia
    fear
  76. -plasty
    plastic surgery
  77. -plegia
    paralysis
  78. -rrhagia
    hemorrhage
  79. -rrhea
    flowing
  80. -sarcoma
    tumor, cancer
  81. -sclerosis
    hardening
  82. -scope
    picture
  83. -spasm
    contraction
Author
tichelle2
ID
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Card Set
Prefixes and Suffixes
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