chapter 4 Flashcards
combining form
carp/o
wrist bones
combining form
cis/o
cut
combining form
cost/o
rib
combining form
cutane/o
skin
combining form
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
combining form
duct/o
lead, carry
combining form
flex/o
bend
combining form
furc/o
branching
combining form
gloss/o
tongue
combining form
glyc/o
sugar
combining form
immun/o
protection
combining form
morph/o
shape, form
combining form
mort/o
death
combining form
nat/i
birth
combining form
norm/o
rule, order
combining form
ox/o
oxygen
combining form
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone
combining form
seps/o
infection
combining form
somn/o
sleep
combining form
son/o
sound
combining form
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
combining form
the/o
put, place
combining form
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
combining form
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield
combining form
top/o
place, position, location
combining form
tox/o
poison
combining form
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
combining form
urethr/o
urethra
suffix
-crine
secrete
suffix
-drome
run
suffix
-fusion
coming together; to pour
suffix
-gen
substance that produces
suffix
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
suffix
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
suffix
-meter
measure
suffix
-mission
send
suffix
-or
one who
suffix
-oxia
oxygen
suffix
-partum
birth, labor
suffix
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
suffix
-physis
grow
suffix
-plasia
development, formation, growth
suffix
-plasm
structure or formation
suffix
-pnea
breathing
suffix
-ptom
happening, occurrence
suffix
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
suffix
-rrhea
flow, discharge
suffix
-stasis
stopping, controlling
suffix
-trophy
development, nourishment
prefix
a-
an-
no, not, without
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
prefix
ana-
up, apart
prefix
ante-
before, forward
prefix
anti-
against
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auto-
self, own
prefix
bi-
two
prefix
brady-
slow
prefix
cata-
down
prefix
con-
with, together
prefix
contra-
against, opposite
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de-
down, lack of
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dia-
through, complete
prefix
dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
prefix
ec-
out, outside
prefix
endo-
in, within
prefix
epi-
upon, on, above
prefix
eu-
good, normal
prefix
ex-
out, outside
prefix
hemi-
half
prefix
hyper-
excessive, above
prefix
hypo-
deficient, under
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in-
not
prefix
in-
into, within
prefix
infra-
beneath, under
prefix
inter-
between
prefix
intra-
in, within, into
prefix
macro-
large
prefix
mal-
bad
prefix
meta-
beyond, change
prefix
micro-
small
prefix
neo-
new
prefix
pan-
all
prefix
para-
abnormal, besidem near
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per-
through
prefix
peri-
surronding
prefix
poly-
many, much
prefix
post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
prefix
pro-
before, forward
prefix
pros-
before, forward
prefix
re-
back, again
prefix
retro-
behind, backward
prefix
sub-
under
prefix
supra-
above, upper
prefix
syn-
sym-
together, with
prefix
tachy-
fast
prefix
trans-
across, through
prefix
ultra-
beyond, excess
prefix
uni-
one