Prefixes: Chapter Four Flashcards
(89 cards)
1
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An/o
A
Anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)
2
Q
Carp/o
A
Carpals (wrists bones)
3
Q
Cis/o
A
To cut
4
Q
Cost/o
A
Ribs
5
Q
Cutane/o
A
Skin
6
Q
Dur/o
A
Dura mater
7
Q
Gen/o
A
To produce, to begin
8
Q
Nati/o
A
Birth
9
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule,order
10
Q
Plas/o
A
Formation, growth, development
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Q
Scapul/o
A
Scapula (shoulder blade)
12
Q
Son/o
A
Sound
13
Q
Top/o
A
To put, place, position
14
Q
Troph/o
A
Development,nourishment
15
Q
Ven/o
A
Vein
16
Q
-action
A
Process, condition
17
Q
-crine
A
Secretion
Endo/crine glands
18
Q
-dipsia
A
Thirst
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Q
-gen
A
To produce
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Q
-ine
A
Pertaining to
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Q
-lapse
A
To fall, slide
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Q
-mission
A
To send
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Q
-meter
A
To measure
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-mortem
A
Death
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-ous
Pertaining to
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-partum
Birth
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-phagia
Eating
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-phasia
Speech
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-plasia
Formation (condition)
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-plasma
Formation (tissue)
31
-plegia
Paralysis
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-pnea
Breathing
33
-section
To cut
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-stasis
To stand, place, stop, control
35
-tension
Pressure
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-thesis
To put, place (state of putting or placing)
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-tic
Pertaining to
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-um
Structure
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A-,an-
No, not, without
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A/trophy
Without development
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Ab-
Away from
Ab/normal
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Ad-
Toward, near
Ad/renal glands
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ANEMIAS: bone marrow fails to produce red blood cells, white blood cells, and clotting cells
Aplastic anemia
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-lytic
Red blood cells are destroyed
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ANEMIAS: red blood cells are destroyed and bone marrow cannot compensate for their loss
Hemolytic anemia
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ANEMIAS: low iron levels lead to low hemoglobin concentration or deficiency of red blood cells
Iron deficiency anemia
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The mucous membrane of the stomach fails to produce a substance that is necessary for the absorption of B12 and the proper formation of red blood cells
Pernicious anemia
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ANEMIAS: Red blood cells assume an abnormal crescent or sickle shape: this “sickling” is due to the inheritance of an abnormal type of hemoglobin
Sickle cell anemia
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Ana-
Up, apart
Ana/lysis
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Ante-
Before, forward
Ante/partum
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Anti-
Against
Anti/gen
Anti/biotic
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Bi-
Two, both
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Brady-
Slow
Brady/cardia
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Con-
With, together
Con/genital = irregularity at birth (webbed fingers)
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Ec-
Outside, out
Ec/topic pregnancy
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ENDO-
Within, in, inner
ENDO/crine glands
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Visual examination of the sigmoid colon (lower, S shape part of the large intestine)
Sigmoidoscopy
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EPI-
Above, upon
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Ex-
Out
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Extra-
Outside of
Extra/hepat/ic
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Hemi-
Half
Hemi/gastr/ECTOMY
62
In-
In, into
Incision
63
Inter-
Between
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Intra-
Within
Intravenous
65
Mal-
Bad
Malpractice
Mal/lignant
66
Meta-
Beyond, change
“Change of place”
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Neo-
New
Neonatal
68
-IGN
Fire
“Spreads like wildfire”
69
BEN-
Good
Benign
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Para-
Beside, near, along the side of
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Poly-
Many,Much
Poly/uria
72
Post-
After, behind
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Pre-
Before
Pre/cancerous
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Benign growth commonly found in the colon
Polyp
75
Pro-,pros-
Before, forward
Pro/lapse “before slide”
Pros/thesis “placed before”
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Quadri-
Four
Quadri/plegia
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Re-
Behind
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An increase on severity of a disease or any of its symptoms
Exacerbation
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Retro-
Back , behind
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Sub-
Under, less than
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Syn-
With, together
Syn/drome “occurring together”
82
-drome
Running, occurring
83
Tachy-
Fast
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What happens in Transurethral resection of the prostate gland (TURP)?
pieces of the prostate gland are removed though urethra
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-cuspid
Pointed end
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Ultra-
Beyond
Ultrasonography
87
Uni-
One
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Tricuspid valve is on the ____ side of the heart
Right
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Mitral (bicuspid) valve is on the ____ side of the heart
Left
