Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards
carp/o
Wrist bones
Cib/o
Meals
Cis/o
To cut
Cost/o
Rib
Cutane/o
Skin
Dactyl/o
Fingers, toes, polydactyl
Duct/o
To lead, carry
Flex/o
To bend
Furc/o
Forking, branching
Gloss/o
Tongue
Glyc/o, gluc/o, glycogen/o
Sugar
Immun/o
Protection
Morph/o
Shape, form
Mort/o
Death
Nat/i
Birth
Nect/o
To bind, tie, connect
Norm/o
Rule, order
Ox/o
Oxygen
Pub/o
Pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone
Seps/o
Infection, sepsis
Somn/o
Sleep, insomnia
Son/o
Sound
The/o
To put, place
Thel/o, theli/o
Nipple
Thyr/o
Thyroid gland; shield
Top/o
Place, position, location
Tox/o
Poison, toxicology
Trache/o
Windpipe, trachea
Urethr/o
Urethra
Tars/o
Tarsal bones
Cib/o: Ante cibum (AC)
Take the medication before the meal
Cib/o: Post cibum (PC)
Have the meal first, then take the medication
Cib/o: Cum cibum (CC)
Take the medication with a meal (Advil)
Cost/o
Intercostal nerves
Cutane/o, Derm/o, Dermat/o
Skin
Flex/o
Flexion
Glyc/o
Hypoglycemia (blood condition of sugar that is low)
Ox/o
Hypoxia (oxygen concentration in blood is low)
Somn/o
Insomnia
Son/o
Ultrasonography
-gram
Record
-graph
Instrument for recording
-graphy
Process of recording
Tox/o
Toxicology
-blast
Embryonic, immature (erythroblast)
-crine
To secrete (endocrine vs. exocrine)
-drome
To run
-fusion
Coming together; to pour
-gea
Substance that produces
-lapse
To slide, fall, sag, (relapse)
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
-meter
To measure
-mission
To send
-or
One who
-oxia
Oxygen
-partum
Birth, labor, (post partum)
-phoria
To bear, carry; feeling, (euphoria vs. dysphoria)
-physis
To grow
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
-plasm
Structure or formation, (cytoplasm)
-pnea
Breathing, (apnea), (dyspnea)
-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
-rrhea
Flow, discharge, (diarrhea)
-stasis
Stopping, controlling, (hemostasis)
-trophy
Development, nourishment
A-, an-
No, not, without
Ab-
Away from (abduction)
Ad-
Toward (adduction)
Ana-
Up, apart
Ante-
Before, forward
Anti-
Against
Auto-
Self, own
Bi-
Two
Brady-
Slow
Cata-
Down
Con-
With, together
Contra-
Against, opposite
De-
Down, lack of
Dia-
Through, complete
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
Ec-, Ecto
Out, outside
Endo-
In, within
Epi-
Upon, on, above
Eu-
Good, normal
Ex-
Out, outside, away from
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Excessive, above
Hypo-
Deficient, under
In-
Not, insufficient, insomnia, into, within
Infra-
Beneath, under
Inter-
Between
Intra-
In, within, into
Macro-
Large
Mal-
Bad
Meta-
Beyond, change
Micro-
Small
Neo-
New
Pan-
All, (pancytopenia)
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
Per-
Through
Peri-
Surrounding
Poly-
Many, much
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before, in front of
Pro-
Before, forward
Pros-
Before, forward
Re-
Back, again
Retro-
Behind, backward
Sub-
Under
Supra-
Above, upper
Syn-, sym-
Together, with
Tachy-
Fast, (vs. brady-)
Trans-
Across, through
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
Uni-
One
Antigen
A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.
Antibodies
Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.
Rh Condition
An antigen- antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).
Congenital anomaly
An irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with
Includes webbed fingers or toes, heart defects, and clubbed feet.
Some are hereditary; others are produced by factors present during pregnancy; for example, when a pregnant woman drinks high levels of alcohol, there is a pattern or physical and mental defects in the infant at birth.
Syndrome
A group of signs and symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition.
Reye syndrome
Is characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin.
TURP
Transurethral resection of the prostate gland.
A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through (trans-) the urethra.
The procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination.
Ultrasonography
A diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.
Echocardiogram
Ultrasound image of the heart
Sonogram
Fetal ultrasound image
