Prefixes, Suffixes, Word Parts

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categories of prefixes (5)

1. time or speed
2. direction
3. position
4. size or number
5. negation
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categories of suffixes (4)

1. signify a medical condition
2. signify diagnostic terms, test information, or surgical procedures
3. signify a practice or practioner
4. convert a noun to an adjective
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pre-
before
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post-
after
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ab-
away from
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ad-
towards
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inter-
between
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poly-
many
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anti-
against
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de-
without
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\-porosis
porous
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\-ectomy
removal of
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\-iatry
medical speciality
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\-logy
study of
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\-ic
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-ac
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-ar
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-ary
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-ous
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-iac
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-al
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-an
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-aneous
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-eous
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-iatric
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-ic
converts root/noun to adjective
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\-itis
inflammation of
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dermat/o

derm/o

cutane/o
skin
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append-
appendix
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dys-
painful, bad, difficult
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\-pnea
breath, respiration
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\-cyte
cell
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mono-
one
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cerv/o
neck
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myel/o
spinal cord
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inguin/o
groin
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chondr/o
cartilage
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cyt/o
cell
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anter/o
front, anterior
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my/o
muscle
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neur/o
nerve, neuron
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proxim/o
near
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poster/o
back, posterior
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onych/o
nail
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pil/o
hair
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seb/o
sebum
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sudor-

hidr-
sweat
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kerat/o
horny tissue
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\-osis
condition
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hyper-
excessive
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melan/o
melanin
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arthr/o
joint
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brachi/o
arm
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carp/o
wrist
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cervic/o
neck
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chondr/o
cartilage
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
cranium
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dactyl/o
finger, toe
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kinesi/o
movement
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
bone marrow
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orth/o
straight
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os/te/o
bone
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ped/o
foot, child
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spondyl/o
vertebrae
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thorac/o
chest
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amphi-
both sides
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\-osis
abnormal condition
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\-genesis
origin
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\-algia
pain
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\-malacia
softening
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\-scopy
instrument used for viewing
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fasci/o
fibrous membrane
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fibr/o
fiber
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ligament/o
ligament
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muscul/o

my/o
muscle
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\-paresis
incomplete paralysis
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\-plegia
paralysis
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quadri-
four
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sthen/o
strength
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tend/o

tendin/o
tendon
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cenebr/o
cerebrum
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encephal/o
brain
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gli/o
glue
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meningi/o
membrane
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ment/o
referring to the mind
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\-mnesia
memory
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myel/o
spinal cord, medulla oblongata
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neur/o
nerve tissue
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\-paresis
slight paralysis
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\-phasia
speech
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psych/o
mind
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schiz/o
to split
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gastr-
stomach
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enter-
small intestine
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cardi-
heart
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\-systole
contraction of heart