Ch. 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
From the Language of Medicine, 12th Edition
carp/o
wrist bones
cis/o
cut
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
lead, carry
flex/o
bend
furc/o
branching
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
immun/o
protection
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
the/o
put, place
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
urethr/o
urethra
-crine
secrete
-drome
run
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-meter
measure
-mission
send
-or
one who
-oxia
oxygen
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
-partum
birth, labor
-physis
grow
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasm
structure or formation
-pnea
breathing
-ptom
happening, occurrence
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-trophy
development, nourishment
a-, an-
no, not, without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
auto-
self, own
bi-
two
brady-
slow
cata-
down
con-
with, together
autoimmune disease
the body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues, causing inflammation and injury.
[Examples of autoimmune disorders are rheumatoid arthritis, affecting joints; celiac disease, affecting the intestinal tract; and Graves disease, affecting the thyroid gland.]
contra-
against, opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
complete, through
dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
ec-
out, outside
Ectopic pregnancy
occurs most commonly in a fallopian tube (i.e., tubal pregnancy).
In this condition, the fetus is not viable. Surgery often is necessary to remove the ectopic tissue. Tubal surgery may damage a fallopian tube, and scar tissue can cause future pregnancy problems.
[ Normal pregnancy implantation is in the upper portion of the uterus.]
peritoneal dialysis
a special fluid is inserted into the peritoneal cavity through a tube in the abdomen.
Waste materials such as urea seep into the fluid from the blood during a period of time. The fluid and the wastes are then drained from the peritoneal cavity.
endo-
in, within
epi-
upon, on, above
eu-
good, normal
ex-
out, outside
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above
A sign
an objective finding that is perceived by an examiner, such as fever, rash, or hyperglycemia.
A symptom
a subjective change in condition as perceived by the patient. Examples of symptoms are loss of appetite, abdominal pain, and fatigue (tiredness).
[Both signs and symptoms are useful clues in the diagnosis of a disease, such as diabetes mellitus.]
hypo-
deficient, under
in-
not ; into, within
infra-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
in, within, into
macro-
large
micro-
small
mal-
bad
meta-
beyond, change