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249 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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a- or an-
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without, not, lack of
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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to, toward, near
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ante-
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before, forward, in front of
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anti-
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against
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auto-
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self
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bi-
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double, two, twice
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brady-
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Slow
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circum-
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Around
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contra-
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Against, opposite
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de-
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Down, from
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dia-
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Across, through, apart
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dis-
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Apart free from
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dys-
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Bad difficult abnormal
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ecto-
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Outer outside
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en-
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In into within
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endo-
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Inner inside
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epi-
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Over on upon
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eryth-
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Red
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eu-
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Normal good well healthy
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ex-
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Out, out of, from, away from
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hemi-
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Half
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hyper-
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Excessive, too much, high
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hypo-
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Under, decreased, less than normal
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in-
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In, into, within, not
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inter-
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Between
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intra-
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Within
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intro-
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Into, within
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leuk-
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White
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macro-
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Large
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mal-
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Bad, illness, disease
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meg-
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large
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micro-
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small
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mono-
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one, single
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neo-
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new
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non-
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not
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olig-
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Small, scant
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para-
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Beside, beyond, after
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per-
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By, through
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peri-
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around
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poly-
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many, much
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post-
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After, behind
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pre-
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Before, in front of, prior to
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pro-
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Before, in front of
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re-
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Again, backward
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retro-
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Backward, behind
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semi-
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half
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sub-
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Under, beneath
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Super-
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above, over, excess
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supra-
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Above, over
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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trans-
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across
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uni-
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one
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Abdomin (o)
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Abdomen
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aden
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gland
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adren
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Adrenal gland
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angi
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Vessel
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arterio
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Artery
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athr
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Joint
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Broncho
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Bronchus, bronchi
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Card, cardio
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Heart
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cephal
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head
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chole, chol
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bile
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chondr
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Cartilage
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colo
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Colon, large intestine
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cost
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rib
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crani
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skull
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cyan
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blue
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cyst
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Bladder, cyst
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cyt
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cell
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dent
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tooth
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derma
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skin
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duoden
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duodenum
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encephal
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brain
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enter
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Intestine
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fibr
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Fiber, fibrous
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gastr
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stomach
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gloss
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tongue
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gluc
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Sweetness, glucose
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glyc
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sugar
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gyn, gyne, gyneco
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woman
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hem, hema, hemo
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blood
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hepat
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liver
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hydro
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water
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hyster
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uterus
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ile, ili
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ileum
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laparo
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Abdomen, loin, flank
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laryng
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Larynx
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lith
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stone
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mamm
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Breast, mammary gland
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mast
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Mammary gland, breast
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meno
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Menstration
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my
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Muscle
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myel
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Spinal cord, bone marrow
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necro
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death
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nephr
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Kidney
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Neuro
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Nerve
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ocul
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eye
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oophor
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ovary
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ophthalm
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eye
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Ortho
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Straight, normal, correct
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Oste
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bone
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ot
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ear
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ped
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Child, foot
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pharyng
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pharynx
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phleb
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vein
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pnea
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Breathing, respiration
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pneum
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Lung, air, gas
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proct
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Rectum
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psych
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mond
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pulmo
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lung
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py
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pus
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rect
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rectum
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rhin
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nose
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salping
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eustachian tube, uterine tube
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splen
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spleen
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sten
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Narrow, construction
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stern
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sternum
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stomat
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mouth
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therm
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heat
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thoraco
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chest
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thromb
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clot, thrombus
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thyr
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thyroid
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Toxic
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Poisonous, poison
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toxo
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poison
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trache
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Trachea
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urethr
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Urethra
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Urin
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Urine
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uro
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Urine, urinary tract, urination
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Utero
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Uterus
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vas
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Blood vessel, vas deferens
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ven
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Vain
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Vertebr
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spine, vertebrae
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-algia
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pain
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-asis
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Condition, usually abnormal
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-cele
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Hernia, herniation, pouching
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-centesis
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Puncture and aspiration of
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectasis
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Dilation, stretching
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- ectomy
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Extension, removal of
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-emia
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Blood condition
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- Genesis
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Development, production, creation
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- genic
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Producing, causing
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- gram
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Record
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- graph
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A diagram, a recording instrument
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- graphy
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Making a recording
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-iasis
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Condition of
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- ism
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A condition
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- itis
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Inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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Destruction of, decomposition
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-megaly
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Largement
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- meter
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Measuring instrument
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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Condition
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- pathy
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Disease
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-penia
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lack, deficiency
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-phasia
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speaking
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- phobia
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An exaggerated fear
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-plasty
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surgical repair or reshaping
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-ptosis
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Falling, sagging, dropping down
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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Excessive flow
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-rraphy
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Stitching, suturing
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-rrhea
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Flow, discharge
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- scope
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Examination instrument
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-scopy
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Examination using a scope
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-stasis
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Maintenance, maintaining a consistent level
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-stomy, -ostomy
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Creation of an opening
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-tomy, -otomy
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Incision, cutting into
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-uria
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Condition of the urine
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acro-
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heights, extremities
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allo-
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Other, different
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acro-
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heights, extremities
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allo-
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other, different
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ambi-
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both, both sides
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cata-
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down
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con-
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toghether
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eso-
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inward
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extra-
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outside of, beyond
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homo-
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same
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hydro-
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water
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infra-
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beneath, below, under
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ipsi-
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same
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juxta-
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near, beside
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meso-
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middle
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meta-
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change, after
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mid-
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middle
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milli-
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one-thousandth
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multi-
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many
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nulli-
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none
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pan-
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all
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presby-
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old age
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primi-
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first
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pseudo-
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false
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quadri-
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four
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rube-
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red
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tri-
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three
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ultra-
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beyond, excess
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-ac, -al, -an
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pertaining to
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-ad
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toward
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-algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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-ar, -ary
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pertaining to
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-arche
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beginning
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-ase
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enzyme
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-blast
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immature, embryonic
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-carcinoma
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cancer of epithelial origin
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-chezian
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condition of stool
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-cusis
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hearing
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-desis
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binding or surgical fusion
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-dipsia
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condition of thirst
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-dynia
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pain
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-endema
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swelling
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-esthesia
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condition of feeling, sensation
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-esis
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condition of
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-gnosia
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condition of knowing
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-graphia
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condition of writing
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-gravida
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pregnancy, gestation
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-ia
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condition
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-iatric
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field of medicine
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-iatry
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field of medicine
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-lepsy
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seizure or sudden attack
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-lexia
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condition of eating
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-lithotomy
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removal of stone
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-malacia
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softening
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-mania
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mental disorder, madness
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-occult
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secret or hidden
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-oid
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resembling, like
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-Para
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delivery, parturition
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-paresis
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slight paralysis, weakness
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-pexy
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fixation, suspension
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-phagia
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condition of eating, swallowing
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-plasia
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condition of formation
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-pnea
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breathing
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-salpinx
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tube, fallopian or eustachian
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-sarcoma
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connective tissue cancer
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening condition
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-stalsis
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contraction
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-tocia
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condition of labor, delivery
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tripsy
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process of cutting
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-trophy
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process of nourishment
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-um
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structure, thing, membrane
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-uria
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urinary condition
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-us
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structure, thing
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