Chapter 4 Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Cib/o
A
Meals
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
Furc/o
A
Forking, 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
Nect/o
A
To bind, tie, connect
16
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule,order
17
Q
Ox/o
A
Oxygen
18
Q
Pub/o
A
Pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
19
Q
Seps/o
A
Infection
20
Q
Somn/o
A
Sleep
21
Q
Son/o
A
Sound
22
Q
The/o
A
To put, place
23
Q
Thel/o, theli/o
A
Nipple
24
Q
Thyr/o
A
Thyroid glad; 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
-blast
Embryonic, immature
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30
-crine
To secrete
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31
-drome
To run
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32
-fusion
Coming together; to pour
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33
-gen
Substance that produces
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34
-lapse
To slide, fall, sag
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35
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
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36
-meter
To measure
37
-mission
To send
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38
-or
One who
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39
-oxia
Oxygen
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40
-partum
Birth, labor
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41
Phoria
To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
42
-physics
To grow
43
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
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44
-plasm
Structure or formation
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45
-pnea
Breathing
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46
-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
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47
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
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48
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
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49
-trophy
Development, nourishment
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50
-a,-an
No,not,without
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51
Ab-
Away from
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52
Ad-
Toward
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53
Ana-
Us,apart
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54
Ante-
Before, forward
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55
Anti-
Against
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56
-auto-
Self, own
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57
Bi-
Two
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58
Brady-
Slow
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59
Cata-
Down
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60
Con-
With, together
61
Contra-
Against, opposite
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62
De-
Down, lack of
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63
Dia-
Through, complete
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64
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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65
Ex-, ecto-
Out, outside
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66
Endo-
In,within
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67
Epi-
Upon, on, above
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68
Eu-
Good, normal
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69
Ex-
Out, outside, away from
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70
Hemi-
Half
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71
Hyper-
Excessive above
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72
Hypo-
Deficient, under
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73
In-
Not, into, within
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74
Infra-
Beneath, under
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75
Inter
Between
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76
Carp/o
Wrist bones
77
Intra-
In,within,into
78
Macro-
Large
79
Mal-
Bad
80
Meta-
Beyond, change
81
Micro-
Small
82
Neo-
New
83
Pan-
All
84
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
85
Per-
Through
86
Peri-
Surrounding
87
Poly-
Many, much
88
Post-
After, behind
89
Pre-
Before, in front of
90
Pro-, pros-
Before, forward
91
Re-
Back, again
92
Retro-
Behind, backward
93
Sub-
Under
94
Supra-
Above, upper
95
Syn-, sym-
Together, with
96
Tachy-
Fast
97
Trans-
Across, through
98
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
99
Uni-
One
