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100 Cards in this Set
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Root Words
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Meaning of the term. Usually the body part involved.
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Suffixes
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Always at the end of the word. |
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Prefixes
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Always at the beginning of the word. |
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-ic
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Pertaining to |
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-ac
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Pertaining to |
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-al |
Pertaining to |
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-ar
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Pertaining to |
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-ary |
Pertaining to
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-eal |
Pertaining to |
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-ical |
Pertaining to |
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-ine |
Pertaining to |
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-ior |
Pertaining to |
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-ory |
Pertaining to |
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-ous |
Pertaining to |
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-tic
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Pertaining to |
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-a
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noun ending |
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-e
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-y |
noun ending |
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-um |
noun ending |
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-us |
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-ago
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Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix |
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-esis
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Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix |
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-iasis |
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-ia |
Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix |
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-ion |
Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix |
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-ism |
Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix |
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-osis |
Abnormal Condition or Disease Suffix |
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-algia
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Pain or Suffering |
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-dynia
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Pain |
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-itis |
inflammation
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-malacia |
Abnormal Suffering |
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-megaly |
Enlargement |
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-necrosis |
Tissue Death |
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-orrhea
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discharge, or flowing |
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-sclerosis
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Abnormal Hardening |
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-stenosis |
Abnormal Narrowing |
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-centesis
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surgically puncture to remove excess fluid
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-etcomy
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to surgically remove.
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-graphy
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process of recording |
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-gram |
picture, or record |
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-lysis |
to loosen, free, or destroy |
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-orrhaphy |
repair, close, suture |
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-plasty |
to repair surgically |
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-scopy |
to visually examine |
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-stomy
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to form an opening |
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sub-
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less, under, below |
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supra-
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excessive or above |
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intra- |
within or inside |
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hyper- |
over or above, excessive or increased |
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hypo- |
below, decreased, or deficient |
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult |
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eu- |
good, normal, easy |
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ab-
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away from |
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ad- |
in the direction of, toward |
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Uni- Mono |
One, Single
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Primi-
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First |
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Bi- Di- |
Double, two |
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Tri- |
Three
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Quadr/i Tetra- |
Four |
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Semi- |
Half |
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Multi- |
Multiple |
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Poly |
Many |
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Olig/o |
Scant, Few |
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Pan- |
All |
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Leuk- |
White |
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Chlor/o- |
Green |
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Cyan/o |
Blue |
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Erythr/o |
Red |
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Melan/o |
Black |
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Purpur- |
Purple |
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Rube- |
Red |
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Xanth/o |
Yellow |
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a- an- |
No, not, without |
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ante-
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contra- |
against |
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aut- |
Self, own |
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de- |
down, without |
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per- trans- |
Complete, through |
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endo- |
Within |
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ec- ecto- |
Out, Outside |
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hetero- |
Other, Different |
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homo- |
Same, unchanging |
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mes/o- |
Middle |
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Mega- |
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micro- |
Small |
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neo-
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new |
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normo- |
normal |
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peri- |
Around |
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pro |
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poikilo- |
varied, regular
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post- |
After, Behind |
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pseudo- |
False |
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re- |
Again, Back |
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retro- |
behind |
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sub- |
under, below |
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sym- |
together |
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tel/o |
End |
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trans- |
Across, through |
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dextr/o |
Right |
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Sinister/o |
Left |