Chp 4- Prefixes Flashcards
(95 cards)
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carp/o
A
wrist bones
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cost/o
A
rib
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cutane/o
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skin
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dactyl/o
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fingers
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duct/o
A
to lead, carry
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flex/o
A
bend
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gloss/o
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tongue
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immun/o
A
PROTECTION
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mort/o
A
death
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nat/i
A
birth
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norm/o
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rule/order
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ox/o
A
oxygen
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pub/o
A
pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
A
sound
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the/o
A
to put, place
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland/ shield
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top/o
A
place, position, location
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tox/o
A
poison
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-blast
A
embryonic, immature
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-drome
A
to run
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-fusion
A
coming together; to pour
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-gea
A
substance that produces
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-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-meter
to measure
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-mission
to send
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-or
one who
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-oxia
oxygen
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-partum
birth, labour
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-phoria
to bear; carry; good feeling
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-physis
to grow
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-plasm
structure or formation
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
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--trophy
development, nourishment
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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ana-
up, apart
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ante-
before, forward
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anti-
against
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auto-
self
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brady-
slow
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cata-
down
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Con-
with, together
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contra-
against, opposite
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de-
lack of, down
50
dia-
through, complete
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ec-
outside, out
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endo-
in, within
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-
out, outside
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
excessive, above
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hypo-
deficient, under
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in-
not (insomnia) or into/within (incision)
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infra-
beneath, under
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inter-
between
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intra-
within, in, into
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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meta-
beyond, change
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all
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para-
abnormal, beside, near
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per-
through
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peri-
surrounding
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front
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pro/s-
before, forward
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re-
back, again
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retro-
behind/backward
77
sub-
under
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supra-
above, upper
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syn-, sym-
together, with
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tachy-
fast
81
trans-
across, through
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ultra-
beyond, excess
83
uni-
one
84
antigen
foreign substance that stimulates production of antibodies
85
antibodies
protein substances made by leukocytes in response to antigen
86
Rh Condition
antibody-antigen condition that develops when theres a difference in Rh blood factor b/w mother and fetus
87
congential anomaly
- irregularity in structure or organ infant is born with
- ex. webbed feet/hands, heart defect, clubbed feet
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recombinant DNA
- taking gene from one organism, inserting into DNA of another organism
- used to make insulin outside body
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Polymerase chair reaction (PCR)
producing multiple copies of single gene
90
syndrome
group of signs or symptoms commonly occur together and indicate particular disease
91
reye syndrome
characterized by vomiting, swelling of brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, dysfunction of liver, may occur in children after treated with aspirin
92
transuretral
resection of prostate gland
- portion of prostate gland removed with instrument passed through (trans-) urethra
- indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination
93
Ultrasonography
diagnostic technechique using ultrasound waves to produce image of organ or tissue
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echocardiogram
ultrasound image of heart
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sonogram
fetal ultrasound image
