Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
72 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
a (an- before a vowel or h)
|
Not, without, lacking
|
|
|
anti- (ant_ often before a vowel)
|
against, opposed to, preventing, reileving
|
|
|
di- (rarely dis)
|
two, twice, double
|
|
|
dys-
|
difficult, painful, abnormal
|
|
|
ec- (Ex- before a vowel)
|
out of, away from,
|
|
|
ecto (ect- often before a vowel)
|
outside of
|
|
|
en (em- before b, m, p)
|
in, into, within
|
|
|
endo-, ento-, (end-, ent-, before a vowel)
|
within
|
|
|
epi- (ep-beforea vowel or h)
|
upon, over, above
|
|
|
exo-
|
outside, from the outside, toward the outside
|
|
|
hemi-
|
half, partial, (often) one side of the body
|
|
|
hyper-
|
over, above, excessive, beyond normal
|
|
|
hypo- (hyp- before a vowel or h)
|
under, deficient, below, normal
|
|
|
mono- (mon- before a vowel or h)
|
one, single
|
|
|
peri
|
around, surrounding
|
|
|
syn- (sym- before b,p, and m)
|
together, joined,with
|
|
|
-a
|
noun forming- state, condition
|
|
|
-ac (rare)
|
Adjective forming- pertaining to, located in
|
|
|
–ia
|
noun forming- forms abstract nouns, state, condition
|
|
|
-iac (rare)
|
noun forming- person afflicted with
|
|
|
-iasis
|
abstract noun forming- disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of
|
|
|
-ic
|
adjective forming- pertaining to, located in,
|
|
|
-in (-ine)
|
noun forming- names of substances
|
|
|
-ist
|
noun forming- a person interested in
|
|
|
-itic
|
adjective forming- pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation
|
|
|
-itis
|
noun forming- indicating an inflammed condition, inflammation
|
|
|
-itides
|
noun forming- plural form for words ending in -itis
|
|
|
-ium (rarely -eum)
|
noun forming- membrane, connective tissue
in a few words -ium names a region of the body |
|
|
-ma
|
noun forming- (often) abnormal or diseased condition
|
|
|
-osis
|
abstract noun forming- abnormal or diseased condition
|
|
|
-otic
|
adjective forming- pertaining to
|
|
|
-sia
|
abstract noun forming- state, condition
|
|
|
-sis
|
abstract noun forming- state, condition
|
|
|
-tic
|
adjective and noun forming- pertaining to
|
|
|
-y
|
abstract noun forming (-ia)
|
|
|
acanth-
|
thorn, spine
|
|
|
alg-
|
pain
|
|
|
alges-
|
sensitivity to pain
|
|
|
all-
|
other, divergence, difference from
|
|
|
angi-
|
(blood) vessel, duct
|
|
|
arteri-
|
artery
|
|
|
arthr-
|
joint
|
|
|
bi-
|
life
|
|
|
brady-
|
slow
|
|
|
cardi-
|
heart
|
|
|
cephal-
|
head
|
|
|
crani-
|
skull
|
|
|
cyt-
|
cell
|
|
|
encephal-
|
brain
|
|
|
erythr-
|
red, red blood cell
|
|
|
lept-
|
thin, fine, slight
|
|
|
leuk-
|
white, white blood cell
|
|
|
lith-
|
stone, calculus
|
|
|
malac-
|
soft
|
|
|
mes-
|
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
|
|
|
-meter, metr-
|
measure, measuring device
|
|
|
nephr-
|
kidney
|
|
|
neur-
|
nerve, nervous system
|
|
|
oste-
|
bone
|
|
|
prosop-
|
face
|
|
|
prot-
|
first, primitive, early
|
|
|
scler-
|
hard
|
|
|
sten-
|
narrow
|
|
|
stere-
|
solid, having three demensions
|
|
|
tachy-
|
rapid
|
|
|
log-
|
word, study
|
|
|
tox(i)
|
poison
|
|
|
log-
-logy -logist |
study, science, the study or science of
one who specializes in a certain study or science |
|
|
malac-
-malacia |
the softening (of tissues)
|
|
|
scler-
-sclerosis |
the hardening (of tissues)
|
|
|
sten-
-stenosis |
the narrowing (of a part of the body)
|
|
|
tox-
-toxic -toxin |
poisonous (to an organ)
a substance poisonous to (a part of the body) |
