Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
(107 cards)
1
Q
an/o
A
anus
2
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
3
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
4
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
5
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
6
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater (outermost meningeal membrain surrounding brain and spinal cord)
7
Q
gen/o
A
to produce/to begin
8
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
9
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
10
Q
later/o
A
side
11
Q
men/o
A
menses
12
Q
nat/i
A
birth
13
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
14
Q
norm/o
A
rule, order
15
Q
oste/o
A
bone
16
Q
peritone/o
A
peritoneum (membrane surroudning organs in abdomen)
17
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
18
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula (shoulder blade)
19
Q
son/o
A
sound
20
Q
thyroid/o
A
thyroid gland
21
Q
top/o
A
to put, place, position
22
Q
troph/o
A
development, nourishment
23
Q
urethr/o
A
urethra
24
Q
uter/o
A
uterus
25
ven/o
vein
26
vertebr/o
vertabra (back bone)
27
AL
pertaining to
28
ATION
process, condition
29
CISION
process of cutting
30
CRINE
secretion
31
DIPSIA
thirst
32
EMIA
blood condition
33
GEN
to produce
34
GRAPHY
process of recording
35
IA
condition
36
IC
pertaining to
37
INE
pertaining to
38
LAPSE
to fall, slide
39
LYSIS
loosening, breakdown, separation
40
METER
to measure
41
MISSION
to send
42
MORTEM
death
43
OMA
tumor, mass
44
OUS
peratining to
45
PARTUM
birth
46
PHAGIA
eating
47
PHASIA
speech
48
PLASIA
formation (condition)
49
PLASM
formation (tissue)
50
PLEGIA
(paralysis)
51
PNEA
breathing
52
RRHEA
flow, discharge
53
SCOPY
process of visual examination
54
SECTION
to cut
55
STASIS
to stand, place, stop, control
56
TENSION
pressure
57
THESIS
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
58
TIC
pertaining to
59
TROPHY
nourishment; development
60
UM
structure
61
URIA
urine condition
62
Y
process, condition
63
a-, an-
no, not, without
64
ab-
away from
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ad-
toward, near
66
ana-
up, apart
67
ante-
before, forward
68
anti-
against
69
bi-
two, both
70
brady-
slow
71
con-
with, together
72
dia-
complete, through
73
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
74
ec-
out, outside
75
endo-
within, in, inner
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epi-
above, upon
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ex-
out
78
extra-
outside of
79
hemi-
half
80
hyper-
excessive, too much, above
81
hypo-
deficient, too little, below
82
in-
in, into
83
inter-
between
84
intra-
within
85
mal-
bad
86
meta-
change, beyond
87
ben-
good
88
neo-
new
89
para-
beside, near, along the side of
90
peri-
surrounding
91
poly-
many, much
92
post-
after, behind
93
pre-
before
94
pro-
before, forward
95
LAPSE
to slide
96
pros-
before, forward
97
quadri-
four
98
re-
back, behind
99
retro-
back, behind
100
sub-
under, less than
101
syn-
with, together
102
tachy-
fast
103
trans-
across, through
104
tri-
three
105
CUSPID
pointed end
106
ultra-
beyond
107
uni-
one
