Set: Science Prefixes /Suffixes

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All 163 Terms

Term Definition
without A
away from Ab
to or toward Ad
glandular Adeno
both Ambi
on both sides Amphi
without An
vessel Angio
before Ante
against Anti
joint Arthro
self Auto
two Bi
life Bio
arm Brach
slow Brady
heart Cardio
brain Cerebro
bile Chole
color Chromo
cartilage Chondro
around Circum
clavicle Cleido
skull Cranio
sac Cyst
removal De
skin Derm
two (twice) Di
through Dia
absence (removal) Dis
defective (difficult) Dys
outside Ecto
outside Exo
inside Endo
intestine Entero
above (upon) Epi
red Erythro
outside Extra
stomach Gastro
tongue Glosso
sugar Glyco
woman Gyn
blood Hemato
blood Hemo
half Hemi
liver Hepato
different Hetero
tissue Histo
same Homo
glassy Hyalo
above (more) Hyper
below (less) Hypo
not Im
not In
beneath Infra
between Inter
within Intra
same Iso
nucleus Karyo
milk Lact
white Leuco
fat Lipo
stone Litho
large Macro
bad (poor) Mal
large Mega
black Melan
between (middle) Meso
small Micro
one Mono
shape Morpho
many Multi
fungus Myco
marrow Myelo
muscle Myo
nose Naso
death Necro
new Neo
kidney Nephro
nerve Neuro
nucleus Nucleo
tooth Odonto
little Oligo
egg Oo
eye Opthalmo
testis Orch
bone Osteo
ear Oto
thick Pachy
all Pan
near (beside) Para
disease Patho
around Peri
to eat Phago
vein Phlebo
light Photo
hair Pilo
broad (flat) Platy
many Pleo
air Pneumo
foot Podo
gray Polio
many (much) Poly
after Post
before Pre
rectum Procto
false Pseudo
kidney pelvis Pyelo
pus Pyo
behind (backward) Retro
nose Rhino
sugar Saccharo
uterine tube Salping
hardening Sclero
half Semi
blood serum Sero
beneath Sub
above Super
above Supra
across Trans
three Tri
one Uni
urine Urin
urine Uro
animal Zoo
pain algia
affected with asis
affected with osis
weakness asthenia
germ blast
tumor cele
round bacterium coccus
cell cyte
dilation ectasis
excision ectomy
blood emia
relating to sensation esthesia
producing genic
practice of healing iatrics
inflamation itis
science of ology
losing lysis
softening malacia
tumor oma
being affected with osis
being affected with asis
creation of an opening stomy
cutting into tomy
disease pathy
lack of penia
eating phagia
speech phasia
fear phobia
making, forming poiesis
air or breathing pnea
falling ptosis
flowing or bursting forth rrhagia
discharge rrhea
rupture rrhexis
pertaing to strength sthen
order, arrangement of taxia
nourishment trophia
to do with urine uria

Set Information

Terms 163
Creator stayntrble
Created November 20, 2007
Groups None
Tags suffixes, science, prefixes
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Intro. to Science at AAMI

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Most Missed Words

  1. defective (difficult) → Dys - 4 misses
  2. to eat → Phago - 4 misses
  3. air → Pneumo - 4 misses
  4. being affected with → osis - 4 misses
  5. glandular → Adeno - 3 misses
  6. removal → De - 3 misses
  7. absence (removal) → Dis - 3 misses