Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards
1
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carp/o
A
Wrist bones
2
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Cib/o
A
Meals
3
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Cis/o
A
To cut
4
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Cost/o
A
Rib
5
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Cutane/o
A
Skin
6
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Dactyl/o
A
Fingers, toes, polydactyl
7
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Duct/o
A
To lead, carry
8
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Flex/o
A
To bend
9
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Furc/o
A
Forking, branching
10
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Gloss/o
A
Tongue
11
Q
Glyc/o, gluc/o, glycogen/o
A
Sugar
12
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Immun/o
A
Protection
13
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Morph/o
A
Shape, form
14
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Mort/o
A
Death
15
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Nat/i
A
Birth
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Nect/o
A
To bind, tie, connect
17
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Norm/o
A
Rule, order
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Ox/o
A
Oxygen
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Pub/o
A
Pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone
20
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Seps/o
A
Infection, sepsis
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Somn/o
A
Sleep, insomnia
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Son/o
A
Sound
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The/o
A
To put, place
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Thel/o, theli/o
A
Nipple
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Thyr/o
Thyroid gland; shield
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Top/o
Place, position, location
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Tox/o
Poison, toxicology
28
Trache/o
Windpipe, trachea
29
Urethr/o
Urethra
30
Tars/o
Tarsal bones
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Cib/o: Ante cibum (AC)
Take the medication before the meal
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Cib/o: Post cibum (PC)
Have the meal first, then take the medication
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Cib/o: Cum cibum (CC)
Take the medication with a meal (Advil)
34
Cost/o
Intercostal nerves
35
Cutane/o, Derm/o, Dermat/o
Skin
36
Flex/o
Flexion
37
Glyc/o
Hypoglycemia (blood condition of sugar that is low)
38
Ox/o
Hypoxia (oxygen concentration in blood is low)
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Somn/o
Insomnia
40
Son/o
Ultrasonography
41
-gram
Record
42
-graph
Instrument for recording
43
-graphy
Process of recording
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Tox/o
Toxicology
45
-blast
Embryonic, immature (erythroblast)
46
-crine
To secrete (endocrine vs. exocrine)
47
-drome
To run
48
-fusion
Coming together; to pour
49
-gea
Substance that produces
50
-lapse
To slide, fall, sag, (relapse)
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-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
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-meter
To measure
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-mission
To send
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-or
One who
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-oxia
Oxygen
56
-partum
Birth, labor, (post partum)
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-phoria
To bear, carry; feeling, (euphoria vs. dysphoria)
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-physis
To grow
59
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
60
-plasm
Structure or formation, (cytoplasm)
61
-pnea
Breathing, (apnea), (dyspnea)
62
-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
63
-rrhea
Flow, discharge, (diarrhea)
64
-stasis
Stopping, controlling, (hemostasis)
65
-trophy
Development, nourishment
66
A-, an-
No, not, without
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Ab-
Away from (abduction)
68
Ad-
Toward (adduction)
69
Ana-
Up, apart
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Ante-
Before, forward
71
Anti-
Against
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Auto-
Self, own
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Bi-
Two
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Brady-
Slow
75
Cata-
Down
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Con-
With, together
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Contra-
Against, opposite
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De-
Down, lack of
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Dia-
Through, complete
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Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
81
Ec-, Ecto
Out, outside
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Endo-
In, within
83
Epi-
Upon, on, above
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Eu-
Good, normal
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Ex-
Out, outside, away from
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Hemi-
Half
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Hyper-
Excessive, above
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Hypo-
Deficient, under
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In-
Not, insufficient, insomnia, into, within
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Infra-
Beneath, under
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Inter-
Between
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Intra-
In, within, into
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Macro-
Large
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Mal-
Bad
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Meta-
Beyond, change
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Micro-
Small
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Neo-
New
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Pan-
All, (pancytopenia)
99
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
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Per-
Through
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Peri-
Surrounding
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Poly-
Many, much
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Post-
After, behind
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Pre-
Before, in front of
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Pro-
Before, forward
106
Pros-
Before, forward
107
Re-
Back, again
108
Retro-
Behind, backward
109
Sub-
Under
110
Supra-
Above, upper
111
Syn-, sym-
Together, with
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Tachy-
Fast, (vs. brady-)
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Trans-
Across, through
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Ultra-
Beyond, excess
115
Uni-
One
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Antigen
A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.
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Antibodies
Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.
118
Rh Condition
An antigen- antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).
119
Congenital anomaly
An irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with
Includes webbed fingers or toes, heart defects, and clubbed feet.
Some are hereditary; others are produced by factors present during pregnancy; for example, when a pregnant woman drinks high levels of alcohol, there is a pattern or physical and mental defects in the infant at birth.
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Syndrome
A group of signs and symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition.
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Reye syndrome
Is characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin.
122
TURP
Transurethral resection of the prostate gland.
A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through (trans-) the urethra.
The procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination.
123
Ultrasonography
A diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.
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Echocardiogram
Ultrasound image of the heart
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Sonogram
Fetal ultrasound image
