Chapter 4- Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Cis/o
A
To cut
2
Q
Cost/o
A
Ribs
3
Q
Dur/o
A
Dura mater - outer meninges
4
Q
Gen/o
A
To produce, to begin
5
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugar
6
Q
Men/o
A
Menses
7
Q
Nat/I
A
Birth
8
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule/order
9
Q
Plas/o
A
Formation, growth, development
10
Q
Top/o
A
To put, to place
11
Q
Troph/o
A
Development, nourishment
12
Q
Ven/o
A
Vein
13
Q
-ation
A
Process, condition
14
Q
-cision
A
Process of cutting
15
Q
-crine
A
Secretion
16
Q
-dipsia
A
Thirst
17
Q
-gen
A
To produce
18
Q
-ia
A
Condition
19
Q
-Ism
A
Condition, process
20
Q
-Lapse
A
To fall, slide
21
Q
-lysis
A
Loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
22
Q
-meter
A
To measure
23
Q
-Mission
A
To send
24
Q
-partum
A
Birth
25
Q
-pathy
A
Disease condition
26
Q
-phagia
A
Eating
27
Q
-phasia
A
Speech
28
Q
-plasia
A
Formation (condition)
29
Q
-pnea
A
Breathing
