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Mixed Bag
Key Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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anxio/o- | uneasy, anxious, distressed |
halluncin/o | hallucination |
hypo- | under, below, decreased, abnormally low |
-mania | excited state, obsessive |
ment/o | mind |
para- | abnormal |
phobia | fear |
psych/o | mind |
schiz/o | split |
-algia | pain |
cerebell/o | cerebrum |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
kines/o | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
mening/o | meninges |
neur/o | nerve |
-paresis | slight paralysis (weakness) |
-phasia | speech -plegia |
paralysis pont/o | pons |
thalam/o | thalamus |
tympan/o | eardrum |
salping/o | eustachian tube |
-otia | ear condition |
ot/o | ear |
myring/o | eardrum |
angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | arteries |
arteriol/o | arterioles |
atri/o | atrium |
capillar/o | capillary |
coron/o | heart |
cardi/o | heart |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphat/o | lymphatics |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessels |
phleb/o | vein |
pleur/o | pleura |
sphygm/o | pulse |
splen/o | spleen |
thromb/o | blood clot |
valv/o | valve |
valvul/o | valve |
vas/o | vessel |
vascul/o | vessel |
ventricul/o | cavity, ventricle |