Chapter 3 Flashcards
Prim/i
First
Ex. Primary
Mon/o
One
Ex. Monocular
Uni
One
Ex. Unibrow
Hemi
Half, one side
Ex. Hemisphere
Semi
Half, partial
Ex. Semipermeable
Bi
Two, twice
Ex. Binary
Di
Two, twice
Ex. Diatomic
Dipl/o
Double
Ex. Diplococci
Tri
Three
Ex. Tricuspid
Quadr/i
Four
Ex. Quadruplet
Tetra
Four
Ex. Tetralogy
Multi
Many
Ex. Multicellular
Poly
Many, much
Ex. Polygamy
cyan/o
blue
Ex. Cyanosis (lack of oxygen discoloration in skin)
erythr/o
red
Ex. erythrocyte (red blood cell)
leuk/o
white
Ex. Leukemia (white blood cell cancer)
melan/o
black/dark
Ex. Melanin (dark pigment of hair and skin)
xanth/o
yellow
Ex. xanthoma (yellow skin growth)
Prefix ‘a’?
Not, without, lack of, absence.
Prefix ‘an’?
Not, without, lack of, absence.
Prefix ‘anti?
Against
Prefix ‘contra’
against, opposite, opposed
Prefix ‘de’?
Down, without, removal, loss
Prefix ‘dis’?
Absence, removal, separation
in/im
not
Ex. Incontinent
non
not
Ex. Noncontributory
un
not
Ex. Uncoordinated
ab
Away from
Ex. Abduct
ad
Toward, near
Ex. Adduct
dia
through
Ex. diarrhea
per
through
Ex. percutaneous
trans
through
Ex. Transected
hyper
over, excess, abnormally high, increased
hypo
under, below, abnormally low, decreased
olig/o
few, scanty
pan
all
super
above, excess
equi
equal, same
eu
true, good, easy, normal
hetero
other, different, unequal
homo, homeo
same, unchanging
iso
equal, same
macro
large, abnormally large
mega, megalo
large, abnormally large
micro
small
neo
new
normo
normal
ortho
straight, correct, upright
poikilo
varied, irregular
pseudo
false
re
again, back
ante
before
pre
before, in front of
pro
before, in front of
post
after, behind
dextr/o
right
sinistr/o
left
ec, ecto
out, outside
ex/o
away from, outside
end/o
in, within
mes/o
middle
syn, sym (used before b, m, p)
together
tel/e, tel/o
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