Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Carp/o
A
Wrist bones
2
Q
cis/o
A
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 (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
25
top/o
Place, position, location
26
tox/o
Poison
27
trache/o
Windpipe, trachea
28
urethr/o
Urethra
29
-crine
Secrete
30
-drome
Run
31
-fusion
Coming together; to pour
32
-gen
Substance that produces
33
-lapse
Slide, fall, sag
34
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
35
-meter
Measure
36
-mission
Send
37
-or
One who
38
-oxia
Oxygen
39
-party
Birth, labor
40
-phoria
Bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
41
-physis
Grow
42
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
43
-plasm
Structure or formation
44
-pnea
Breathing
45
-prom
Happening, occurrence
46
-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
47
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
48
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
49
a-, an-
No, not, without
50
ab-
Away from
51
ad-
Toward
52
ana-
Up, apart
53
ante-
Before, forward
54
anti-
Against
55
auto-
Self, own
56
bi-
Two
57
brady-
Slow
58
cata-
Down
59
con-
With, together
60
Autoimmune disease
The body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues, causing inflammation and injury.
61
contra-
Against, opposite
62
de-
Down, lack of
63
dia-
Through, complete
64
dys-
Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
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 (ex: insomniac)
Into, within (ex: incision)
74
infra-
Beneath, under
75
inter-
Between
76
intra-
In, within, into
77
macro-
Large
78
mal-
Bad
79
meta-
Beyond, change
80
micro-
Small
81
neo-
New
82
pan-
All
83
para-
Abnormal, beside, near
84
per-
Through
85
peri-
Surrounding
86
poly-
Many, much
87
post-
After, behind
88
pre-
Before, in front of
89
pro-
Before, forward
90
pros-
Before, forward
91
re-
Back, again
92
retro-
Behind, backward
93
sub-
Under
94
supra-
Above, upper
95
syn-, sym-
Together, with
96
Symbiosis
Occurs when two organisms live together in close association
97
tachy-
Fast
98
trans-
across, through
99
ultra-
Beyond, excess
100
uni-
One
