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Medical Term 1
Suffixs Prefixes
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Undergraduate 2
08/26/2012
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Term
-in,im
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not
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A short word part at the begining of a root is the _____

 

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prefixes
Term
A short word part at the end of a root is the _____
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suffixes
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Suffix that means " pertaining to, like, resembling"
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ac,al,ary,ar,form,ic,ical,ile,oid,ory,ous
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Suffix that means "condition of"
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ia,ism,sis,y
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Suffixes for medical specialties
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-ian ( specialist)

-iarty (specialty)

-ics (specialty)

-ist (specialist)

-logy (study of)
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THe fundamental unit of a word is the _____
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root
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When you add a suffix beginning with "rh" to a root, the "r" is doubled.
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Term
Word Ending: A
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Plural: AE
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Word Ending: en
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Plural: ina
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Word Ending: ex, ix, yx

 

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Plural: ices
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Word Ending: is

 

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es
Term
Word Ending: ma
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Mata
Term
Word Ending: nx (anx, inx, ynx)
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nges
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Word Ending: on
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a
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Word Ending: um
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a
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Word Ending: us
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i
Term
a-,an-
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without
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ab
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away from
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ad
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toward
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ante
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before
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anti
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against
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bi
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two
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contra
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against/opposite
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cyan/o
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blue
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de
 Definition
loss
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dextr/o
 Definition
right, right side
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di
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two
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dia
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through
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dipl/o
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double
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end/o
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within
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erythr/o
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red
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eu
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good/true/easy/normal
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glauc/o
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grey
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hemi
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half (oneside)
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hetro
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opposite
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homo
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same
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hypo
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below
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iso
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equal
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luek/o
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white/colorless
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mega,megal/o
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large
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melan/o
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black/dark
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micro
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small
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mon/o
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one
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multi
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many
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neo
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new
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non
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not
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olig/o
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few/scanty
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ortho
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straight
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pan
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all
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per
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through
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poiki/o
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irregular or variable
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poly
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many
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post
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after
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pre
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before
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prim/i
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first
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pro
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before
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pseudo
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false
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quadr/i
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four
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re
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backward flow
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semi
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half
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sinistr/o
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left/left side
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super
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above
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tetra
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four
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trans
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through
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tri
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three
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uni
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one
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xanth/o
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yellow
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