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Medical Terminology Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes
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Flash Cards RootsRoots PrefixesPrefixes SuffixesSuffixes Yellow – 70Yellow – 70 Pink – 36Pink – 36 Blue – 25Blue – 25 Help with Learning / Proven to Work! Easy to Use Color Coded for ease of Understanding
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General Roots Part 1
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anter Front
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carcin cancer
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cry Cold
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cyan blue
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cyst Fluid filled sac
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cyte cell
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dist Away (from the point of reference)
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erythro red
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eti cause
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gluco / glyco sugar
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Body Part Roots Part 1
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angio vessel
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arterio artery
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arthro joint
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broncho bronchus
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cardi heart
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chondr cartilage
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colo colon
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costa rib
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cranio skull
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denti teeth
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derma skin
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encephal brain
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entero intestine
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esthesi Sensation, sensitivity, feeling
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Prefixes Part 1
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A- Without / no
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Ab- Away from
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Ad- towards
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An- Without / no
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Ante- before
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Anti- against
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Bi- Two
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Brady- slow
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Contra- against
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Dia- Through / complete
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Dys- painful
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Suffixes Part 1
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-al Pertaining to
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-algia pain
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-emia Condition of blood
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-esthesia sensation
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-gram record
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-ic Pertaining to
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-ist One who specializes in
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-itis Inflammation of
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Done for now
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Medical Terminology Roots 2
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General Roots 2
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General Roots Part 2
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gno knowledge
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hist tissue
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leuko white
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lipe fat
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melan black
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mortem death
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oma tumor
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onc Tumor / Mass
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oxia oxygen
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path disease
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Body Part Roots Part 2
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fibr Fibrous tissue
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gastro stomach
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hemo blood
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hepato liver
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lapar abdomen
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mast breast
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myel Spinal cord
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myo muscle
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nephro kidney
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neuro nerve
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opthalmo eye
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os mouth
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osteo bone
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oto ear
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Prefixes Part 2
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Electra- Pertaining to electricity
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Epi- On, upon, over
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Hemi- half
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Hydro- water
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Hyper- Above / excessive
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Hypo- Less than / below
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Inter- between
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Mal- Faulty / poor
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Men/o- menstruation
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Meta- After, beyond, change
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Neo- new
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Oligi- few
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Suffixes Part 2 Part 2
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-osis Condition of
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-ous Pertaining to
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-pathy Disease
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-penia Lack of
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-phobia Fear / dread
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-rrhea Flow / discharge
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-rrhythmia rhythm
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-uria urine
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Are we Done Yet?
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General Roots Part 3
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phagia eat or swallow
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pnea breathing
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poster Back / Behind
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proxim Near (the point of reference
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rexis appetite
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sarc fleshy
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scler hard
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thrombo clot
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ventr Belly, front
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xanth yellow
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Body Part Roots Part 3
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pharyn throat
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phlebo vein
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pneumo Air / lungs
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renal kidney
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rhino nose
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sarc Flesh, connective tissue
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spir Breathe / Breathing
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thoraco chest
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trachea Windpipe / trachea
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vaso vessel
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ven vein
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viscer Internal organs
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Prefixes Part 3
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Para- Near / beside
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Peri- around
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Post- after
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Pre- before
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Pro- before
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Pyo- pus
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Retro- behind
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Sub- below
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Syn- / Sym- Together / Joined
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Tachy- fast
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Uni- One
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Surgical Prefixes
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Part 3
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Endo- On the inside
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Intra- within
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Surgical Suffixes Part 3
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-centesis puncture
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-ectomy removal
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-ology The study of
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-oscopy Look into for a purpose
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-ostomy Formation of an opening for draining
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-otomy Cutting into
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-pexy Fixation or reattach
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-plasty Building up or restoration
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-scope Instrument for viewing
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Done!
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