Chapter 4- Prefixes Flashcards
What is carp/o?
wrist bones (carpal tunnel)
What is cis/o?
cut (inCISion)
What is cost/o?
rib
What is cutane/o?
skin
What is dactyl/o?
fingers and toes
What is duct/o?
lead, carry
What is flex/o?
bend
What is furc/o?
branching
What is gloss/o?
tongue
What is glyc/o?
sugar
What is immun/o?
protection (immune system)
What is morph/o?
shape, form, change
What is mort/o?
death
What is nat/i?
birth
What is norm/o?
rule, order (SpongeBob must follow Squidwards rules to become normal )
What is ox/o?
oxygen
What is pub/o?
pubis (Pubic bone)
What is sesp/o?
infection
What is somn/o?
sleep (think inSOMNia)
What is son/o?
sound (think sonar)
What is tens/o?
tension, force, strain, stretch
What is the/o?
put in place
What is thel/o, theli/o?
nipple
What is thyr/o?
thyroid gland
What is top/o?
place, position, location
What is tox/o?
poison, toxic
What is thrache/o?
trachea
What is urethr/o?
urethra
What is -crine?
secrete
What is -drome?
run
What is -fusion?
to combine together
What is -gen?
substance that produces
What is -lapse?
slide, fall, sag
What is -lysis?
breakdown, destruction, separation
What is -meter?
measure
What is -mission?
send (“Send them on a mission”)
What is -or?
one who
What is -oxia?
oxygen
What is -partum?
birth, labour
What is -phoria?
bear, carry, mental state, feeling
What is -physis?
grow
What is -plasia?
development, formation, growth
What is -plasm?
structure or formation
What is -pnea?
breathing
What is -ptom?
happening, occurrence
What is -ptosis?
falling, drooping, prolapse
What is -rrhea?
flow discharge
What is -stasis?
stopping, controlling
What is -trophy?
development, nourishment
What is a-, an-?
no, not, without
What is ab-?
away from (think abduct- to take away)
What is ad-?
towards
What is ana-?
up, apart
What is ante-?
before, forward
What is anti-?
against
What is auto-?
self, own (think AUTOpsy)
What is bi-?
life
What is brady-?
slow
What is cata-?
down
What is con-?
with, together
What is contra-?
opposite, against
What is de-?
down, lack of (think DEpletion)
What is dia-?
through, complete (DIAgnosis)
What is dys-?
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
What is ec-?
out, outside
What is endo-?
in, within
What is epi-?
upon, on, above
What is eu-?
good, normal
What is ex-?
out, outside
What is hemi-?
half
What is hyper-?
excessive, above
What is hypo-?
deficient, too little
What is in-?
not
What is in-?
into, within
What is infra-?
between, under
What is inter-?
between
What is intra-?
in, within, into
What is macro-?
large
What is mal-?
bad
What is meta-?
beyond, change
What is micro-?
small
What is neo-?
new
What is pan-?
all (think Pansexual)
What is para-?
abnormal, beside, near (think Paranormal)
What is per-?
through
What is peri-?
surrounding
What is poly-?
multiple, many, much
What is post-?
after, behind
What is pre-?
before, in front of
What is pro-?
before, forward
What is pros-?
before, forward
What is re-?
back again (think REsicion, RElapse)
What is retro-?
behind, backward
What is sub-?
under (think SUBmarine)
What is supra-?
Above or upper
What is syn-, sym-? What is the rule with this prefix?
together, with
Before ‘B’, ‘P’, and ‘M’. -syn, becomes -sym.
What is tachy-?
fast
What is trans-?
across, through (TRANSfer)
What is ultra-?
beyond, excess
What is uni-?
one
