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My current flash card sets will modify as lesson continues will be in order of prefixes, word roots, suffixes.
Start point prefixes:
Hyper-
Meaning: Above normal; Excessive
Example: hypertension
Hypo-
Meaning: Below normal; Deficient
Example: hypoglycemia
Tachy-
Meaning: Fast
Example: tachycardia
Brady-
Meaning: Slow
Example: bradycardia
Peri-
Meaning: around
Example: pericardium
Sub-
Meaning: Under, below
Example: subcutaneous
Inter-
Meaning: between
Example: intercostal
Intra-
meaning: Within
Example: interaveous
Extra-
Meaning: Outside
Beginning of word roots:
Cardi/o
Meaning: Heart
Example: cardiology
Dermat/o
Meaning: Skin
Example: dermatology
Gastr/o
Meaning: Stomach
Example: gastroenterology
Hepat/o
Meaning: Liver
Example: hepatology
Neur/o
Meaning: Nerve
Example: neurology
Oste/o
Meaning: Bone
Example: Osteoporosis
My/o
Meaning: Muscle
Example: myopathy
Hemat/o
Meaning: Blood
Example: hemotology
Beginning of suffixes:
-itis
Meaning: Inflammation
Example: tonsilitis
-ectomy
Meaning: surgical removal
Example: appendectomy
-logy
Meaning: study of
Example: neurology
-algia
Meaning: pain
Example: neuralgia
-oma
Meaning: mass
Example: lymphoma
-osis
Meaning: Abnormal Condition
Example: cynosis
-pathy
Meaning: Disease
Example: neuropathy
-meagaly
Meaning: Enlargement
Example: cardiomegaly