Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
carp/o
A
wrist bone
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
gloss/o
A
tongue
9
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
10
Q
immun/o
A
protection
11
Q
morph/o
A
shape, form
12
Q
mort/o
A
death
13
Q
nat/i
A
birth
14
Q
norm/o
A
rule, order
15
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
16
Q
pub/o
A
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
17
Q
seps/o
A
infection
18
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
19
Q
son/o
A
sound
20
Q
the/o
A
to put, place
21
Q
thel/o
theli/o
A
nipple
22
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland, shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
23
Q
top/o
A
place, position, location
24
Q
tox/o
A
poison
25
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
26
urethr/o
urethra
27
-blast
embryonic, immature (always cancerous)
28
-crine
to secrete
29
-drome
to run
30
-fusion
coming together, to pour
31
-gen
substance that produces
32
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
33
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
34
-meter
(instrument) to measure
35
-mission
to send
36
-or
one who
37
-oxia
oxygen
38
-partum
birth, labor
39
-phoria
bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
40
-physis
to grow
41
-plasia
development, formation, growth
42
-plasm
formation or structure
43
-pnea
breath, breathing
44
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
45
-rrhea
flow, discharge
46
-stasis
controlling, stopping
47
-trophy
development, nourishment
48
a-
| an-
no, not, without
49
ab-
away from
50
ad-
toward
51
ana-
up, apart
52
ante-
before, forward
53
anti-
against
54
auto-
self
55
bi-
two
56
brady-
slow
57
cata-
down
58
con-
with, together
59
contra-
against, opposite
60
de-
down, lack of
61
dia-
complete, through
62
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
63
ec-
out, outside
64
endo-
within
65
epi-
above, upon, on
66
eu-
good, normal
67
ex-
out, outside of, outward
68
hemi-
half
69
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
70
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
71
in-
into, in (not)
72
infra-
beneath, under
73
inter-
between
74
intra-
within
75
macro-
large
76
mal-
bad
77
meta-
beyond, change
78
micro-
small
79
neo-
new
80
pan-
all
81
para-
abnormal, beside, near
82
per-
through
83
peri-
surrounding, around
84
poly-
many, much
85
post-
after, behind
86
pre-
before, in front of
87
pro-
before, forward
88
pros-
before, forward
89
re-
back, backward, again
90
retro-
behind, back, backward
91
sub-
below, under
92
supra-
above, upper
93
syn-
| sym-
together, with
94
tachy-
fast
95
trans-
across, through
96
ultra-
beyond, excess
97
uni-
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