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