A&P Chapter 4 - Prefixes

Question 1

carp/o

Answer 1

wrist bones

Question 2

cis/o

Answer 2

cut

Question 3

cost/o

Answer 3

rib

Question 4

cutane/o

Answer 4

skin

Question 5

dactyl/o

Answer 5

fingers, toes

Question 6

duct/o

Answer 6

lead, carry

Question 7

flex/o

Answer 7

bend

Question 8

furc/o

Answer 8

branching

Question 9

gloss/o

Answer 9

tongue

Question 10

glyc/o

Answer 10

sugar

Question 11

immun/o

Answer 11

protection

Question 12

morph/o

Answer 12

shape, form

Question 13

mort/o

Answer 13

death

Question 14

nat/i

Answer 14

birth

Question 15

norm/o

Answer 15

rule, order

Question 16

ox/o

Answer 16

oxygen

Question 17

pub/o

Answer 17

pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

Question 18

seps/o

Answer 18

sepsis

Question 19

somn/o

Answer 19

sleep

Question 20

son/o

Answer 20

sound

Question 21

tens/o

Answer 21

force, strain, stretch

Question 22

the/o

Answer 22

put, place

Question 23

thel/o or theli/o

Answer 23

nipple

Question 24

thyr/o

Answer 24

thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)

Question 25

top/o

Answer 25

place, position, location

Question 26

trache/o

Answer 26

windpipe, trachea

Question 27

urethr/o

Answer 27

urethra

Question 28

-crine

Answer 28

secrete

Question 29

-drome

Answer 29

run

Question 30

-fusion

Answer 30

coming together; to pour

Question 31

-gen

Answer 31

substance that produces

Question 32

-lapse

Answer 32

slide, fall, sag

Question 33

-lysis

Answer 33

breakdown, destruction, separation

Question 34

-meter

Answer 34

measure

Question 35

-mission

Answer 35

send

Question 36

-or

Answer 36

one who

Question 37

-oxia

Answer 37

oxygen

Question 38

-partum

Answer 38

birth, labor

Question 39

a- or an-

Answer 39

no, not, without

Question 40

ab-

Answer 40

away from

Question 41

ad-

Answer 41

toward

Question 42

ana-

Answer 42

up, apart

Question 43

ante-

Answer 43

before, forward

Question 44

anti-

Answer 44

against

Question 45

auto-

Answer 45

self, own

Question 46

bi-

Answer 46

two

Question 47

brady-

Answer 47

slow

Question 48

cata-

Answer 48

down

Question 49

con-

Answer 49

with, together

Question 50

contra-

Answer 50

against, opposite

Question 51

de-

Answer 51

down, lack of

Question 52

dia-

Answer 52

through, complete

Question 53

dys-

Answer 53

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

Question 54

ec-

Answer 54

out, outside

Question 55

endo-

Answer 55

in, within

Question 56

epi-

Answer 56

upon, on, above

Question 57

eu-

Answer 57

good, normal

Question 58

ex-

Answer 58

out, outside

Question 59

hemi-

Answer 59

half

Question 60

hyper-

Answer 60

excessive, above

Question 61

hypo-

Answer 61

deficient, under

Question 62

in-

Answer 62

not or into, within

Question 63

infra-

Answer 63

beneath, under

Question 64

inter-

Answer 64

between

Question 65

intra-

Answer 65

in, within, into

Question 66

macro-

Answer 66

large

Question 67

mal-

Answer 67

bad

Question 68

meta-

Answer 68

beyond, change

Question 69

micro-

Answer 69

small

Question 70

neo-

Answer 70

new

Question 71

pan-

Answer 71

all

Question 72

para-

Answer 72

abnormal, beside, near

Question 73

per-

Answer 73

through

Question 74

peri-

Answer 74

surrounding

Question 75

poly-

Answer 75

many, much

Question 76

post-

Answer 76

after, behind

Question 77

pre-

Answer 77

before, in front of

Question 78

pro- or pros-

Answer 78

before, forward

Question 79

re-

Answer 79

back, again

Question 80

retro-

Answer 80

behind, backward

Question 81

sub-

Answer 81

under

Question 82

supra-

Answer 82

above, upper

Question 83

syn- or sym-

Answer 83

together, with

Question 84

tachy-

Answer 84

fast

Question 85

trans-

Answer 85

across, through

Question 86

ultra-

Answer 86

beyond, excess

Question 87

uni-

Answer 87

one