Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards
(95 cards)
1
Q
carp/o
A
wrist bones
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
lead, carry
7
Q
flex/o
A
bend
8
Q
furc/o
A
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
norm/o
A
rule, order
16
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
17
Q
pub/o
A
pubis
18
Q
seps/o
A
infection
19
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
20
Q
son/o
A
sound
21
Q
tens/o
A
force, strain, stretch
22
Q
the/o
A
put, place
23
Q
thel/o
theli/o
A
nipple
24
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland
25
top/o
place, position, location
26
tox/o
poison
27
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
28
urethr/o
urethra
29
a-,an-
no, not, without
30
ab-
away from
31
ad-
toward
32
ante-
before, forward
33
anti-
against
34
auto-
self, own
35
bi-
two
36
brady-
slow
37
con-
with, together
38
contra-
against, opposite
39
de-
down, lack of
40
dia-
through, complete
41
dys-
abnormal, bad difficult, painful
42
ec-
out, outside
43
endo-
in, within
44
epi-
upon, on, above
45
eu-
good, normal
46
ex-
cut, outside
47
hemi-
half
48
hyper-
excessive, above
49
hypo-
deficient, underi
50
in-
not, into, within
51
infra-
beneath, under
52
inter-
between
53
intra-
in, within, into
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macro-
large
55
mal-
bad
56
meta-
beyond, charge
57
micro-
small
58
neo-
new
59
pan-
all
60
para-
abnormal, beside, near
61
per-
through
62
peri-
surrounding
63
post-
after, behind
64
pre-
before, in front of
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pro-
before, forward
66
re-
back, again
67
retro-
behind, backward
68
sub-
under
69
supra-
above, upper
70
syn-, sym-
together, with
71
tachy-
fast
72
trans-
through, across
73
ultra-
beyond, excess
74
uni-
one
75
-crine
secrete
75
-drome
run
76
-fusion
coming together, to pour
77
-gen
substances that produces-
78
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
79
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation-
80
-meter
measure
81
-mission
send
82
-or
one who-
83
-oxia
oxygen
84
-partum
birth, labor
85
-phoria
bear, carry, feeling
86
-physis
grow-
87
-plasia
development, growth, formation
88
-plasm
structure or formation
89
-phea
breathing
90
-ptom
happening, occurence
91
-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
92
-rrhea
flow, discharge
93
-stasis
stopping, controlling
94
-trophy
development, nourishment
