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Medical Terminology

Prefixes, suffixes and word roots, each broken into its parts with an example.

167 cards · 17 topics · realistic illustrations · plain-language answers

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Prefixes · Numbers5
  • mono-
  • uni-
  • bi- / di- / diplo-
  • tri-
  • qua- / quadr- / quart-
Prefixes · Amounts13
  • semi-
  • hemi-
  • equi-
  • iso-
  • eu-
  • normo-
  • hyper-
  • hypo-
  • a- / an-/anti
  • pan-
  • multi-
  • poly-
  • oligo-
Prefixes · Sizes3
  • micro-
  • macro-
  • megalo-
Prefixes · Conditions3
  • Dys-
  • Mal- —
  • Un-
Prefixes · Colors12
  • chromo- / chromato-
  • alb-
  • chloro-
  • cyano-
  • erythro-
  • glauco-
  • leuko-
  • melano-
  • polio-
  • porphyr-
  • rhodo-
  • xantho-
Prefixes · Time8
  • ante-
  • pro-
  • pre-
  • post-
  • re-
  • retro-
  • neo-
  • chrono-
Prefixes · Speed2
  • tachy-
  • brady-
Prefixes · Position · Above, Below, Right, Left5
  • epi- hyper – supra-super
  • sub- hypo-infra
  • dextro-
  • levo-
  • sinistro-
Prefixes · Position · Front, Back, Around6
  • ante- antero
  • ventri- / ventro-
  • postero-
  • dorsi- / dorso-
  • peri-
  • circum-
Prefixes · Position · In, Out, Toward, Through7
  • endo- intra- intro
  • exo-
  • extra- extro
  • ecto-
  • ab-
  • ad-
  • trans-
Prefixes · Position · Middle, Side, Between7
  • meso-
  • medi- / medio- / media-
  • latero-
  • para-
  • juxta-
  • inter-
  • ambi- amphi
Prefixes · Position · Same & Opposite Side2
  • ipsi-
  • contra-
Suffixes · Signs & Symptoms13
  • -itis
  • -ictal
  • -paresis
  • -plegia
  • -phagia
  • -algia
  • -dynia
  • -orrhea/-rrhea
  • -rrhage / -rrhagia
  • -spasm
  • -pnea
  • -phasia
  • -uria
Suffixes · Procedures12
  • -ostomy
  • -otomy
  • -apheresis
  • -ectomy
  • -lysis
  • -centesis
  • -pexy
  • -plasty
  • -rrhaphy
  • -tripsy
  • -desis
  • -clasia
Suffixes · Tests / Recording4
  • -gram
  • -graph
  • -graphy
  • -scopy
Suffixes · General13
  • -cele
  • -emia
  • -genic
  • -ism
  • -osis
  • -ology
  • -pathy
  • -penia
  • -oma
  • -megaly
  • -malacia
  • -sclerosis
  • -stenosis
Roots · A to G52
  • Abdomin/o
  • Acous/o and Audi/o
  • Aden/o
  • Adip/o
  • Adren/o
  • Andr/o
  • Angi/o & Vascul/o
  • Ankyl/o
  • Aort/o
  • Arteri/o
  • Arthr/o, articul/o
  • Auto
  • Axill/o
  • Bacteri/o
  • Blast/o
  • Blephar/o
  • Brachi/o
  • Brachy
  • Bronch/o
  • Bucc/o
  • Capit/o
  • Carcin/o
  • Cardi/o
  • Carp/o
  • Cephal/o
  • Cerebell/o
  • Cerebr/o
  • Cerumin/o
  • Chloe & Cholecyst/o
  • Chondr/o
  • Col/o
  • Cost/o
  • Crani/o
  • Cutane/o
  • Cyst/o
  • Cyt/o
  • Derm/o, dermat/o
  • Digit
  • Diaphor/o
  • Dors/o
  • Duoden/o
  • Encephal/o
  • Enter/o
  • Estr/o
  • Eti/o
  • Faci/o
  • Front/o
  • Gastr/o
  • Genu
  • Gingiv/o
  • Gluc/o
  • Glyc/o

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