Ch 4. Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Carp/o
A
Wrist
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
Furc/o
A
Branching
9
Q
Gloss/o
A
Tongue
10
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugar
11
Q
Immun/o
A
Protection
12
Q
Morph/o
A
Shape, form
13
Q
Mort/o
A
Death
14
Q
nat/i
A
Birth
15
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule, order
16
Q
ox/o
A
Oxygen
17
Q
-crine
A
Secrete
18
Q
-drome
A
Run
19
Q
-fusion
A
Coming together, to pour
20
Q
-gen
A
Substance that produces
21
Q
-lapse
A
Slide, fall, sag
22
Q
-lysis
A
Breakdown, destruction, separation
23
Q
-meter
A
Measure
24
Q
-mission
A
Send
25
-or
One who
26
-oxia
Oxygen
27
-partum
Birth, labour
28
a-
an-
Not, not, without
29
ab-
Away from
30
Adductor
A muscle that draws a limb toward the body
31
Adrenal glands
Glands that lie on top of each kidney
32
Ana-
Up, apart
33
Ante-
Before, forward
34
ante cibum
Before meals
Cibum = meals
35
Adrenal glands secrete
Adrenaline hormone (epinephrine)
Bronchial tubes widen, heart beats more rapidly, blood pressure rises
36
Anti-
Against
37
Auto-
Self, own
38
Bi-
Two
39
Brady-
Slow
40
Cata-
Down
41
Con-
With, together
42
Contra-
Against, opposite
43
de-
Down, lack of
44
Dia-
Through, complete
45
dys-
Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
46
ec-
Out, outside
