Ch3: prefixes Flashcards
mono- uni-
bi-,di-
tri-
quad-, quadri-, tetra-
centi-
milli-
one
two
three
four
one hundred
one-thousandth
diplo-
hemi-, semi-
hyper-
hypo-
multi-, poly-
nulli-
pan-
primi-
super-, ultra-
double
half, partly
excessive, more than normal
under, less than normal
many
none
all
first
excessive, beyond
ab-
ad-
ante-, pre-
circum-, peri-
contra-
dia-
ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
en-, end-, endo-
epi-
hypo-, infra-, sub-
inter-
intra-
ipsi-
meso-, mid-
para-
per-
post-
retro-
super-, supra-
sym-,syn-
trans-
away from
toward
before in time or in place
around
against or opposed
through
outside, without, away from
inside
above, on
beneath, under
between
within
same
middle
near, beside, or abnormal
through or by
after, behind
behind, backward
above, beyond
joined, together
across
difference between cotralateral pain and ipsilateral pain
injury to the forehead causes pain in the back of the skull while the other the injury causes pain in the front of the skull
anti-, contra-
brady-
dys-
eu-
mal-
pro-
tachy-
against
slow
bad, difficult, disordered
good, normal
bad, abnormal
favoring, supporting
fast
difference between bradycardia and tachycardia
bradycardia is a slow heartbeat while tachycardia is an increased rate
ante-,pre-,pro-
post-
mega-,macro-,megalo-
micro-
a-,an-
in-
non-
before
after, behind
large or great
small
no, not, without
not or inside
not
alb/o, albin/o,leuk/o,leuc/o
chlor/o
cyan/o
erythr/o
melan/o
xanth/o
white
green
blue
red
black
yellow
albinism
cyanosis
jaundice
you know this
combining form and suffix
cyt/o, -cyte
gen/o
/-genic
/ -genesis
gram/o
/-gram
/-graph
/-graphy
kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis
leps/o, -lepsy
lys/o
/-lysin
/-lysis
/-lytic
malac/o, -megaly
metr/o
/-meter
/-metry
path/o, -pathy
phag/o
/-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
phas/o, -phasia
pleg/o, -plegia
schis/o, schiz/o,schist/o, -schisis
-scler/o, -sclerosis
scop/o,
/-scope
/-scopy
throph/o, -trophic, -trophy
cell
beginning
produced by or in
producing or forming
to record
a record
instrument for recording
process of recording
movement
seizure
destruction
that which destroys
process of destroying
capable of or producing destruction
soft, softening
abnormal softening
large, enlarged
enlargement
measure, uterine tissue
instrument used to measure
process of measuring
disease
eat, ingest
eating, swalloing
speech
paralysis
split, cleft
hard
hardening
to examine
instrument used for viewing
process of examinig visually
nutrition
aer/o
blast/o
cancer/o, carcin/o
cephal/o
cry/o
crypt/o
dips/o
electr/o
fibr/o
hist/o
myc/o
narc/o
necr/o
optic/o, opt/o
phon/o
phot/o
py/o
therm/o
top/o
trache/o
air
embryonic form
cancer
head
cold
hidden
thrist
electricity
fiber
tissue
fungus
stupor
dead
vision
voice
light
pus
heat
position,place
trachea (windpipe)
glyc/o
sugar
