Chapter 4 Prefixes Flashcards

1
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Carp/o

A

Wrist bones

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2
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Cis/o

A

Cut

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3
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Cost/o

A

Rib

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4
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Cutane/o

A

Skin

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5
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Dactyl/o

A

Fingers, toes

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6
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Duct/o

A

Lead, carry

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7
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Flex/o

A

Bend

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8
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Furc/o

A

Branching

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9
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Gloss/o

A

Tongue

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10
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Glyc/o

A

Sugar

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11
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Immun/o

A

Protection

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12
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Morph/o

A

Shape, form

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13
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Mort/o

A

Death

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14
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Nat/i

A

Birth

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15
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Norm/o

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Rule, order

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16
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Ox/o

A

Oxygen

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17
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Pub/o

A

Pubis

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18
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Seps/o

A

Infection

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19
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Somn/o

A

Sleep

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20
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Son/o

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Sound

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21
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Tens/o

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Force, strain, stretch

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22
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The/o

A

Put, place

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23
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Thel/o, theli/o

A

Nipple

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24
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Thyr/o

A

Thyroid gland; shield

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25
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Top/o

A

Place, position, location

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26
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Tox/o

A

Poison

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27
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Trache/o

A

Windpipe, trachea

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28
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Urethr/o

A

Urethra

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29
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-crine

A

Secrete

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30
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-drome

A

Run

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31
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-fusion

A

Coming together; to pour

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32
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-gen

A

Substance the produces

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33
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-lapse

A

Slide, fall, sag

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34
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-lysis

A

Breakdown, destruction, separation

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35
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-meter

A

Measure

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36
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-mission

A

To send

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37
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-or

A

One who

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38
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-oxia

A

Oxygen

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39
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-partum

A

Birth, labor

40
Q

-phoria

A

Bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

41
Q

-physis

A

Grow

42
Q

-plasia

A

Development, formation, growth

43
Q

-plasm

A

Structure or formation

44
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-pnea

A

Breathing

45
Q

-ptom

A

Happening, occurrence

46
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-ptosis

A

Falling, drooping, prolapse

47
Q

-stasis

A

Stopping, controlling

48
Q

-trophy

A

Development

49
Q

a-

A

No,not, without

50
Q

ab-

A

away from

51
Q

ad-

A

Toward

52
Q

ana-

A

Up, apart

53
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Ante-

A

Before, forward

54
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Anti-

A

Against

55
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auto-

A

Self, own

56
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Bi-

A

Two

57
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Brady-

A

Slow

58
Q

Cata-

A

Down

59
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Con-

A

With, together

60
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Contra-

A

Against, opposite

61
Q

De-

A

Down, lack of

62
Q

Dia-

A

Through, complete

63
Q

Dys-

A

Abnormal, bad difficult, painful

64
Q

Ec-

A

Out, outside

65
Q

endo-

A

In, within

66
Q

Eu-

A

Good, normal

67
Q

Hemi-

A

Half

68
Q

Hyper-

A

Excessive, above

69
Q

Sign
(Pertaining to signs and symptoms)

A

an objective finding that is perceived by an examiner
(Ex. Fever, rash, hyperglycemia)

70
Q

Symptoms

A

a subjective change in condition as perceived by the patient
(Ex. Loss of appetite, fatigue, abdominal pain)

71
Q

In-

A

Not

72
Q

in-

A

Into, within

73
Q

Infra-

A

Beneath, under

74
Q

Inter-

A

Between

75
Q

Macro-

A

Large

76
Q

Intra-

A

In, within, into

77
Q

Macro-

A

Large

78
Q

Mal-

A

Bad

79
Q

micro-

A

Small

80
Q

pan-

A

All

81
Q

Para-

A

Abnormal

82
Q

Per-

A

Through

83
Q

Peri-

A

Surrounding

84
Q

Poly-

A

Many, much

85
Q

Post-

A

After, behind

86
Q

Pre-

A

Before, In front of

87
Q

Pro-

A

Before, forward

88
Q

Pros-

A

Before, forward

89
Q

Re-

A

Back, again

90
Q

Retro-

A

Behind, backward

91
Q

Sub-

A

Under

92
Q

Supra-

A

Above, upper

93
Q

Syn-, -sym

A

Together, with

94
Q

Tachy-

A

Fast

95
Q

Trans-

A

Across, through

96
Q

Uni-

A

One

97
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Ultra-

A

Beyond, excess