Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
1
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carp/o
A
wrist bones
2
Q
cib/o
A
meals
3
Q
cost/o
A
rib
4
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
5
Q
dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes
6
Q
duct/o
A
to lead, carry
7
Q
flex/o
A
bend
8
Q
furc/o
A
forking, branching
9
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
10
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immun/o
A
protection
11
Q
mort/o
A
death
12
Q
nat/i
A
birth
13
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nect/o
A
to bind, tie, connect
14
Q
norm/o
A
rule, order
15
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
16
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pub/o
A
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
17
Q
seps/o
A
infection
18
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
19
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son/o
A
sound
20
Q
the/o
A
to put, place
21
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland; shield
22
Q
top/o
A
place, position, location
23
Q
tox/o
A
poison
24
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urethr/o
A
urethra
25
-blast
embryonic, immature
26
-drome
to run
27
-fusion
coming together, to pour
28
-gen
substance that produces
29
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
30
-meter
to measure
31
-mission
to send
32
-or
one who
33
-oxia
oxygen
34
-partum
birth, labor
35
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (metal state)
36
-physis
to grow
37
-plasia
development, formation, growth
38
-plasm
structure or formation
39
-pnea
breathing
40
-rrhea
flow, discharge
41
ab-
away from
42
ad-
toward
43
ana-
up, apart
44
ante-
before, forward
45
anti-
against
46
bi-
two
47
brady-
slow
48
con-
with, together
49
contra-
against, opposite
50
de-
down, lack of
51
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
52
ec-, ecto-
out, outside
53
eu-
good, nomal
54
ex-
out, outside, away from
55
hemi-
half
56
in-
not, into, within
57
infra-
beneath, under
58
intra-
in, within, into
59
macro-
large
60
mal-
bad
61
meta-
beyond, change
62
micro-
small
63
neo-
new
64
pan-
all
65
para-
abnormal, beside, near
66
per-
through
67
peri-
surrounding
68
poly-
many, much
69
post-
after, behind
70
pre-
before, in front of
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pro-
before, forward
72
pros-
before, forward
73
sub-
under
74
supra-
above, upper
75
syn-, sym-
together, with
76
tachy-
fast
77
ultra-
beyond, excess
78
uni-
one
