Ch. 4 Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Cib/o
A
Meals
2
Q
Cis/o
A
To 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
To lead, carry
7
Q
Flex/o
A
To bend
8
Q
Furc/o
A
Forking, 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
Nect/o
A
To bind, tie, connect
16
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule, order
17
Q
Ox/o
A
Oxygen
18
Q
Pub/o
A
Pubis, anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
19
Q
Seps/o
A
Infection
20
Q
Somn/o
A
Sleep
21
Q
Son/o
A
Sound
22
Q
The/o
A
To put, place
23
Q
Thel/o
A
Nipple
24
Q
Theli/o
A
Nipple
25
Q
Thyr/o
A
Thyroid gland, shield
26
Q
Top/o
A
Place, position, location
27
Q
Tox/o
A
Poison
28
Q
Trache/o
A
Windpipe, trachea
29
Q
Urethr/o
A
Urethra
30
Q
-blast
A
Embryonic, immature
31
Q
-crine
A
To secrete
32
Q
-drome
A
To run
33
Q
-fusion
A
Coming together, to pour
34
Q
-gen
A
Substance that produces
35
Q
-lapse
A
To slide, fall, sag
36
Q
-lysis
A
Breakdown, destruction, separation
37
Q
-meter
A
To measure
38
Q
-mission
A
To send
39
Q
-or
A
One who
40
Q
-oxia
A
Oxygen
