Ch. 4 Prefixes Flashcards
(101 cards)
1
Q
Cib/o
A
Meals
2
Q
Cis/o
A
To cut
3
Q
Cost/o
A
Rib
4
Q
Cutane/o
A
Skin
5
Q
Dactyl/o
A
Fingers, toes
6
Q
Duct/o
A
To lead, carry
7
Q
Flex/o
A
To bend
8
Q
Furc/o
A
Forking, branching
9
Q
Gloss/o
A
Tongue
10
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugar
11
Q
Immun/o
A
Protection
12
Q
Morph/o
A
Shape, form
13
Q
Mort/o
A
Death
14
Q
Nat/i
A
Birth
15
Q
Nect/o
A
To bind, tie, connect
16
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule, order
17
Q
Ox/o
A
Oxygen
18
Q
Pub/o
A
Pubis, anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
19
Q
Seps/o
A
Infection
20
Q
Somn/o
A
Sleep
21
Q
Son/o
A
Sound
22
Q
The/o
A
To put, place
23
Q
Thel/o
A
Nipple
24
Q
Theli/o
A
Nipple
25
Thyr/o
Thyroid gland, shield
26
Top/o
Place, position, location
27
Tox/o
Poison
28
Trache/o
Windpipe, trachea
29
Urethr/o
Urethra
30
-blast
Embryonic, immature
31
-crine
To secrete
32
-drome
To run
33
-fusion
Coming together, to pour
34
-gen
Substance that produces
35
-lapse
To slide, fall, sag
36
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
37
-meter
To measure
38
-mission
To send
39
-or
One who
40
-oxia
Oxygen
41
-partum
Birth, labor
42
-phoria
To bear, carry, feeling
43
-physis
To grow
44
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
45
-plasm
Structure or formation
46
-pnea
Breathing
47
-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
48
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
49
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
50
-trophy
Development, nourishment
51
A-, an-
No, not, without
52
Ab-
Away from
53
Ad-
Toward
54
Ana-
Up, apart
55
Ante-
Before, forward
56
Anti-
Against
57
Auto-
Self, own
58
Bi-
Two
59
Brady-
Slow
60
Cata-
Down
61
Con-
With, together
62
Contra-
Against, opposite
63
De-
Down, lack of
64
Dia-
Through, complete
65
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
66
Ec-, ecto-
Out, outside
67
Endo-
In, within
68
Epi-
Upon, on, above
69
Eu-
Good, normal
70
Ex-
Out, outside, away from
71
Hemi-
Half
72
Hyper-
Excessive, above
73
Hypo-
Deficient, under
74
In-
Not, into, within
75
Infra-
Beneath, under
76
Inter-
Between
77
Intra-
In, within, into
78
Macro-
Large
79
Mal-
Bad
80
Meta-
Beyond, change
81
Micro-
Small
82
Neo-
New
83
Pan-
All
84
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
85
Per-
Trough
86
Peri-
Surrounding
87
Poly-
Many, much
88
Post-
After, behind
89
Pre-
Before, in front of
90
Pro-
Before, forward
91
Pros-
Before, forward
92
Re-
Back, again
93
Retro-
Behind, backward
94
Sub-
Under
95
Supra-
Above, upper
96
Syn-, sym-
Together, with
97
Tachy-
Fast
98
Trans-
Across, through
99
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
100
Uni-
One
101
Carp/o
Wrist bones
