Tyagi, Avantika 1st period - Unit 1

All of unit 1 flashcards - Combined opposites for prefixes (ex-: tachy----brady) Prefixes, roots, and suffixes flashcards

Prefixes

Starting from here, Combined opposites and then the words

brady- ————- tachy-

slow ————— fast,rapid

hetero- ——————— homo-

opposite, different ——————- same, alike

hyper- —————— hypo-

above/excessive, abnormally high ———— below/deficient, abnormally low

macro- —————- micro-

large, long —————— small

sub- —————— supra-

under,below, beneath—————- above,upper

mono- ————— multi-

one, single ——————- many, much

endo- ————— ecto-

within,inner,inside ————- outside

pre- —————— post-

before,in front of ————— after, behind

a-

without, lack of, not

*used before roots beginning with

a consonant

ad-

toward

an-

without, lack of, not

*used before roots beginning with

a vowel

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against, opposing

auto-

self, same

bi-

two, double

circum-

around

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, away from, removal

deca-

ten

di-

two, twice, double

dia-

through, completely, thoroughly

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

epi-

upon, above, on top of, near

eso-

inward, inside

eu-

good, normal, well

exo-

outside,outward

ex-

out, out from, away

extra-

outside, beyond

hemi-

half, one side

hydro-

water, fluid

in-

not, in, into

inter-

between

intra-

within, inside

meta-

change, beyond

myo-

muscle

neo-

new

nulli-

none

oligo-

few, scanty

pan-

all, entire

para-

beside, near, abnormal

per-

through,throughout

peri-

around,surrounding

poly-

many, excessive

primi-

first

pro-

before, forward

pseudo-

false

quadri-

four

re-

again, back

retro-

backward, behind

semi-

half, partial

sym-

together, with

syn-

together, with

tetra-

four

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond,excess

un-

not, reversal

uni-

one

Roots

Starting from here

abdomin/o

abdomen

aden/o

gland

adren/o

adrenal gland

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac

andr/o

male

angi/o

vessel

anter/o

front

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

asthen/o

weakness

audi/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

bio

life

brachi/o

arm

bronch/o

windpipe

burs/a

pouch,sac

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

wrist

caud/o

tail

cellul/o

cell

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck,cervix

chem/o

chemical, drug

chondr/o

cartilage

col/o

large intestine, colon

colon/o

large intestine, colon

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cycl/o

circle, cycle

cyst/o

bladder

cyt/o

cell

dermat/o

skin

duoden/o

duodenum

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

eti/o

cause

febr/i

fever