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
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 hip bone
17
Q
seps/o
A
infection
18
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
19
Q
son/o
A
sound
20
Q
the/o
A
put, place
21
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland; shield
22
Q
top/o
A
place, position, location
23
Q
tox/o
A
poison
24
Q
trache/o
A
windpipe
25
urethr/o
urethra
26
-crine
secrete
27
-drome
run
28
-fusion
coming together
29
-gen
substance that produces
30
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
31
-lysis
breakdown
32
-meter (metre)
measure
33
-mission
send
34
-or
one who
35
-oxia
oxygen
36
-partum
birth, labour
37
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling
38
-physis
grow
39
-plasis
development, formation, growth
40
-plasm
structure or formation
41
-pnea
breathing
42
-ptom
happening
43
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
44
-rrhea
flow, discharge
45
-stasis
stopping, controlling
46
-trophy
development, nourishment
47
a-, an-
no, not, without
48
ab-
away from
49
ad-
toward
50
ana-
up, apart
51
ante-
before, forward
52
anti-
against
53
auto-
self
54
bi-
two
55
brady-
slow
56
cata-
down
57
con-
with, together
58
contra-
against, opposite
59
de-
down, lack of
60
dia-
through, complete
61
dys-
abnormal, bad, painful, difficult
62
ec-
outside, out
63
endo-
in, within
64
epi-
upon, on, above
65
eu-
good, normal
66
ex-
out, outside
67
hemi-
half
68
hyper-
excessive, above
69
hypo-
deficient, under
70
in-
two meanings
1. in
2. into, within
71
infra-
beneath, under
72
inter-
between
73
intra-
in, within, into
74
macro-
large
75
mal-
bad
76
meta-
beyond, change
77
micro-
small
78
neo-
new
79
pan-
all
80
para-
abnormal, beside, near
81
per-
through
82
peri-
surrounding
83
poly-
many, much
84
post-
after, behind
85
pre-
before, in front of
86
pro-
before, forward
87
pros-
before, forward
88
re-
back, again
89
retro-
behind, backward
90
sub-
under
91
supra-
above, upper
92
syn-,
| sym-
together, with
93
tachy-
fast
94
trans-
across
95
ultra-
beyond, excess
96
uni-
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