Chapter 2 - Basic Words/prefixes/suffixes

Front 1

Root Words

Back 1

Meaning of the term. Usually the body part involved.

Front 2

Suffixes

Back 2

Represent the disorder, disease, or condition.

Always at the end of the word.

Front 3

Prefixes

Back 3

Indicate the number, time, location, or status.

Always at the beginning of the word.

Front 4

-ic

Back 4

Pertaining to

Front 5

-ac

Back 5

Pertaining to

Front 6

-al

Back 6

Pertaining to

Front 7

-ar

Back 7

Pertaining to

Front 8

-ary

Back 8

Pertaining to

Front 9

-eal

Back 9

Pertaining to

Front 10

-ical

Back 10

Pertaining to

Front 11

-ine

Back 11

Pertaining to

Front 12

-ior

Back 12

Pertaining to

Front 13

-ory

Back 13

Pertaining to

Front 14

-ous

Back 14

Pertaining to

Front 15

-tic

Back 15

Pertaining to

Front 16

-a

Back 16

noun ending

Front 17

-e

Back 17

noun ending

Front 18

-y

Back 18

noun ending

Front 19

-um

Back 19

noun ending

Front 20

-us

Back 20

noun ending

Front 21

-ago

Back 21

Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix

Front 22

-esis

Back 22

Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix

Front 23

-iasis

Back 23

Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix

Front 24

-ia

Back 24

Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix

Front 25

-ion

Back 25

Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix

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-ism

Back 26

Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix

Front 27

-osis

Back 27

Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix

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-algia

Back 28

Pain or Suffering

Front 29

-dynia

Back 29

Pain

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-itis

Back 30

inflammation

Front 31

-malacia

Back 31

Abnormal Suffering

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-megaly

Back 32

Enlargement

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-necrosis

Back 33

Tissue Death

Front 34

-orrhea

Back 34

discharge, or flowing

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-sclerosis

Back 35

Abnormal Hardening

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-stenosis

Back 36

Abnormal Narrowing

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-centesis

Back 37

surgically puncture to remove excess fluid

Front 38

-etcomy

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to surgically remove.

Front 39

-graphy

Back 39

process of recording

Front 40

-gram

Back 40

picture, or record

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

to loosen, free, or destroy

Front 42

-orrhaphy

Back 42

repair, close, suture

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-plasty

Back 43

to repair surgically

Front 44

-scopy

Back 44

to visually examine

Front 45

-stomy

Back 45

to form an opening

Front 46

sub-

Back 46

less, under, below

Front 47

supra-

Back 47

excessive or above

Front 48

intra-

Back 48

within or inside

Front 49

hyper-

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over or above, excessive or increased

Front 50

hypo-

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below, decreased, or deficient

Front 51

dys-

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bad, painful, difficult

Front 52

eu-

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good, normal, easy

Front 53

ab-

Back 53

away from

Front 54

ad-

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in the direction of, toward

Front 55

Uni-

Mono

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One, Single

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Primi-

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First

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Bi-

Di-

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Double, two

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Tri-

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Three

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Quadr/i

Tetra-

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Four

Front 60

Hemi-

Semi-

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Half

Front 61

Multi-

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Multiple

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Poly

Back 62

Many

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Olig/o

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Scant, Few

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Pan-

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All

Front 65

Alb/o-

Leuk-

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White

Front 66

Chlor/o-

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Green

Front 67

Cyan/o

Back 67

Blue

Front 68

Erythr/o

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Red

Front 69

Melan/o

Back 69

Black

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Purpur-

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Purple

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Rube-

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Red

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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a-

an-

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No, not, without

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ante-

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Before

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anti-

contra-

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against

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aut-

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Self, own

Front 77

de-

Back 77

down, without

Front 78

dia-

per-

trans-

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Complete, through

Front 79

endo-

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Within

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ec-

ecto-

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Out, Outside

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hetero-

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Other, Different

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homo-

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Same, unchanging

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mes/o-

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Middle

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Macro-

Mega-

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Large (abnormally)

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micro-

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Small

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neo-

Back 86

new

Front 87

normo-

Back 87

normal

Front 88

peri-

Back 88

Around

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pre-

pro

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Before

Front 90

poikilo-

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varied, regular

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post-

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After, Behind

Front 92

pseudo-

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False

Front 93

re-

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Again, Back

Front 94

retro-

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behind

Front 95

sub-

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under, below

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syn-

sym-

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together

Front 97

tel/e

tel/o

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End

Front 98

trans-

Back 98

Across, through

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dextr/o

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Right

Front 100

Sinister/o

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Left