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My current flash card sets will modify as lesson continues will be in order of prefixes, word roots, suffixes.

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Start point prefixes:


Hyper-

Meaning: Above normal; Excessive


Example: hypertension

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Hypo-

Meaning: Below normal; Deficient


Example: hypoglycemia

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Tachy-

Meaning: Fast


Example: tachycardia

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Brady-

Meaning: Slow


Example: bradycardia

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Peri-

Meaning: around


Example: pericardium

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Sub-

Meaning: Under, below


Example: subcutaneous

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Inter-

Meaning: between


Example: intercostal

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Intra-

meaning: Within


Example: interaveous

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Extra-

Meaning: Outside



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Beginning of word roots:


Cardi/o

Meaning: Heart


Example: cardiology

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Dermat/o

Meaning: Skin


Example: dermatology

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Gastr/o

Meaning: Stomach


Example: gastroenterology

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Hepat/o

Meaning: Liver


Example: hepatology

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Neur/o

Meaning: Nerve


Example: neurology

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Oste/o

Meaning: Bone


Example: Osteoporosis

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My/o

Meaning: Muscle


Example: myopathy

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Hemat/o

Meaning: Blood


Example: hemotology

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Beginning of suffixes:


-itis

Meaning: Inflammation


Example: tonsilitis

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-ectomy

Meaning: surgical removal


Example: appendectomy

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-logy

Meaning: study of


Example: neurology

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-algia

Meaning: pain


Example: neuralgia

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-oma

Meaning: mass


Example: lymphoma

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-osis

Meaning: Abnormal Condition


Example: cynosis

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-pathy

Meaning: Disease


Example: neuropathy

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-meagaly

Meaning: Enlargement


Example: cardiomegaly