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205 Cards in this Set

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Suffix

The word element placed at the end of a root word
Prefix

The word element placed before the root word
Root

The core of the term
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-agra
excessive pain
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-atresia
absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-cele
hernia; protrusion
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
-cidal
killing
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
break
-clysis
irrigating; washing
-coccus
berryshaped ( a form of bacterium)
-crine
separate; secrete
-crit
to separate
-cyte
cell
-desis
surgical fixation; fusion
-drome
run; running
-ectasis
stretching out; dilatation; expansion
-ectomy
excision or surgical removal
-ectopia
displacement
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-er
one who
-esis, -iasis
condition
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
-genesis
origin; cause
-genic
producing; originating; causing
-gram
record; x-ray film
-graph
instrument used to record
-graphy
process of recording; xray filming
-ia
condition, or abnormal state
-iatry
physician; treatment
-ician
one who
-ictal
seizure; attack
-ism
state of
-itis
inflammation
-lepsy
seizure
-lysis
loosening; dissolution; separating
-lytic
destroy; reduce
-malacia
softening
-mania
madness; insane desire
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
instrument used to measure
-metry
measurement
-morph
form; shape
-odia
smell
-oid
resembling
-ologist
one who studies and practices (specialist)
-ology
study of
-oma
tumor; swelling
-opia
vision (condition)
-opsy
to view
-oorhagia
rapid flow of blood
-orrhaphy
suturing; repairing
-orrhea
flow; excessive discharge
-orrhexis
rupture
-osis
abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots)
-ostomy
creation of an artificial opening
-otomy
cut into or incision
-oxia
oxygen
-paresis
slight paralysis
-pathy
disease
-penia
abnormal reduction in number
-pepsia
digestion
-pexy
surgical fixation; suspension
-phagia
eating; swallowing
-philia
love
-phily
love
-phobia
abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
-phonia
sound or voice
-phoria
feeling
-physis
growth
-plasia
formation; development; a growth
-plasm
growth; substance; formation
-plasty
plastic or surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
formation
-porosis
passage
-ptosis
dropping; sagging; prolapse
-ptysis
spitting
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
-schisis
split; fissure
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-scopic
visual examination
-sepsis
infection
-sis
state of
-spasm
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
-stasis
control; stop
-stalsis
contraction
-stenosis
constriction; narrowing


-tocia
birth; labor
-tome
instrument used to cut
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-trophy
nourishment
-ule
little
-uria
urine; urination
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-agra
excessive pain
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-atresia
absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-cele
hernia; protrusion
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
-cidal
killing
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
break
-clysis
irrigating; washing
-coccus
berryshaped ( a form of bacterium)
-crine
separate; secrete
-crit
to separate
-cyte
cell
-desis
surgical fixation; fusion
-drome
run; running
-ectasis
stretching out; dilatation; expansion
-ectomy
excision or surgical removal
-ectopia
displacement
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-er
one who
-esis, -iasis
condition
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
-genesis
origin; cause
-genic
producing; originating; causing
-gram
record; x-ray film
-graph
instrument used to record
-graphy
process of recording; xray filming
-ia
condition, or abnormal state
-iatry
physician; treatment
-ician
one who
-ictal
seizure; attack
-ism
state of
-itis
inflammation
-lepsy
seizure
-lysis
loosening; dissolution; separating
-lytic
destroy; reduce
-malacia
softening
-mania
madness; insane desire
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
instrument used to measure
-metry
measurement
-morph
form; shape
-odia
smell
-oid
resembling
-ologist
one who studies and practices (specialist)
-ology
study of
-oma
tumor; swelling
-opia
vision (condition)
-opsy
to view
-oorhagia
rapid flow of blood
-orrhaphy
suturing; repairing
-orrhea
flow; excessive discharge
-orrhexis
rupture
-osis
abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots)
-ostomy
creation of an artificial opening
-otomy
cut into or incision
-oxia
oxygen
-paresis
slight paralysis
-pathy
disease
-penia
abnormal reduction in number
-pepsia
digestion
-pexy
surgical fixation; suspension
-phagia
eating; swallowing
-philia
love
-phily
love
-phobia
abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
-phonia
sound or voice
-phoria
feeling
-physis
growth
-plasia
formation; development; a growth
-plasm
growth; substance; formation
-plasty
plastic or surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
formation
-porosis
passage
-ptosis
dropping; sagging; prolapse
-ptysis
spitting
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
-schisis
split; fissure
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-scopic
visual examination
-sepsis
infection
-sis
state of
-spasm
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
-stasis
control; stop
-stalsis
contraction
-stenosis
constriction; narrowing
-thorax
chest
-tocia
birth; labor
-tome
instrument used to cut
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-trophy
nourishment
-ule
little
-uria
urine; urination