Ch. 4 Combining Forms, Suffix, Prefixes Flashcards
(87 cards)
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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an/o
A
anus
3
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cardi/o
A
heart
4
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carp/o
A
carpals ( wrist bones )
5
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
6
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
7
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crani/o
A
skull
8
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cutane/o
A
skin
9
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dur/o
A
dura matter
10
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gen/o
A
to produce
11
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glyc/o
A
sugar
12
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later/o
A
side
13
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men/o
A
menses
14
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nat/i
A
birth
15
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norm/o
A
rule, order
16
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ox/o
A
Oxygen
17
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peritone/o
A
peritoneum
18
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plas/o
A
formation, growth, development
19
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ren/o
A
kidney
20
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son/o
A
sound
21
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top/o
A
to put, place, position
22
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troph/o
A
development, nourishment
23
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urethr/o
A
urethra
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uter/o
A
uterus
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ven/o
vein
26
vertebr/o
vertebra
27
-al
pertaining to
28
-cision
process of cutting
29
-crine
Secretion
30
-crine
Secretion
31
what is the suffix meaning thirst?
-dipsia
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what is the suffix meaning thirst?
-dipsia
33
-gen
to produce
34
-ia
a condition
35
-ic , -ine , & -ous mean
pertaining to
36
-ism
condition, process
37
what suffix means to fall, slide ?
-lapse
38
-lysis means:
loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
39
-meter
to measure
40
-mission
to send
41
what suffix means death?
-mortem
42
-oma
tumor, mass
43
what suffix means birth?
-partum
44
-phagia
eating
45
-phasia
speech
46
-plasia
formation
47
-plasm
formation, (tissue)
48
suffix that means paralysis
-plegia
49
suffix meaning breathing
-pnea
50
-ptom
a happening
51
-rrhea
flow, discharge
52
-section
to cut
53
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
54
suffix meaning pressure
-tension
55
-thesis
to put, place
56
-tic
pertaining to
57
-trophy
nourishment; development
58
-um
structure
59
-y
process, condition
60
a- ; an-
no, not, without
61
ana-
up, apart
62
ante-
before, forward
63
bi-
two, both
64
con-
with, together
65
dia-
complete, through
66
ec-
out, outside
67
ex-
out
68
inter-
between
69
intra-
within
70
meta-
change, beyond
71
pro- and pros- mean
before, forward
72
re-
back, behind
73
trans-
across, through
74
tri-
three
75
ultra-
beyond
76
ultra-
beyond
77
uni-
1
78
combining form that means skin
cutane/o
79
combining form meaning ribs
costo-
80
combining form for sugar
glyco-
81
Sugar
glyc/o
82
sound
son/o
83
Death
-mortem
84
pressure
tension
85
a-. an-
no, not
86
tri-
three
87
neuro/o
nerve
