Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Carpo
A
Wrist bones
2
Q
Cibo
A
Meals
3
Q
Ciso
A
To cut
4
Q
Costo
A
Rib
5
Q
Cutaneo
A
Skin
6
Q
Dactylo
A
Fingers, toes
7
Q
Ducto
A
To lead, carry
8
Q
Flexo
A
To bend
9
Q
Furco
A
Forking, branching
10
Q
Glosso
A
Tongue
11
Q
Glyco
A
Sugar
12
Q
Immuno
A
Protection
13
Q
Morpho
A
Shape, form
14
Q
Morto
A
Death
15
Q
Nati
A
Birth
16
Q
Necto
A
To bind, tie, connect
17
Q
Normo
A
Rule, order
18
Q
Oxo
A
Oxygen
19
Q
Pubo
A
Pubis
20
Q
Sepso
A
Infection
21
Q
Somno
A
Sleep
22
Q
Sono
A
Sound
23
Q
Theo
A
To put, place
24
Q
Thelo, thelio
A
Nipple
25
Thyro
Thyroid
26
Topo
Place, position, location
27
Toxo
Poison
28
Tracheo
Windpipe, trachea
29
Urethro
Urethra
30
-blast
Embryonic, immature
31
-crine
To secrete
32
-drome
To run
33
-fusion
Coming together, pour
34
-gen
Substance that produces
35
-lapse
To slide, fall, sag
36
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
37
-meter
Measure
38
-mission
To send
39
-or
One who
40
-oxia
Oxygen
41
-partum
Birth, labor
42
-phoria
To bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
43
-physis
To grow
44
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
45
-plasm
Structure or formation
46
-pnea
Breathing
47
-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
48
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
49
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
50
-trophy
Development, nourishment
51
A-, an-
No, not, without
52
Ab-
Away from
53
Ad-
Toward
54
Ana-
Up, apart
55
Ante-
Before, forward
56
Anti-
Against
57
Auto-
Self, own
58
Bi-
Two
59
Cata-
Down
60
Con-
With, together
61
Contra-
Against, opposite
62
De-
Down, lack of
63
Dia-
Through, complete
64
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
65
Ec-, ecto-
Out, outside
66
Endo-
In, within
67
Epi-
Upon, on, above
68
Eu-
Good, normal
69
Ex-
Out, outside, away from
70
Hemo-
Half
71
Hyper-
Excessive, above
72
Hypo-
Deficient, under
73
In-
Not
74
In-
Into, within
75
Infra-
Beneath, under
76
Inter-
Between
77
Intra-
In, within, into
78
Macro-
Large
79
Mal-
Bad
80
Meta-
Change, beyond
81
Micro-
Small
82
Neo-
New
83
Pan-
All
84
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
85
Per-
Through
86
Peri-
Surrounding
87
Poly-
Many, much
88
Post-
After, behind
89
Pre-
Before, in front of
90
Pro-
Before, forward
91
Pros-
Before, forward
92
Re-
Back, again
93
Retro-
Behind, backward
94
Sub-
Under
95
Supra-
Above, upper
96
Syn-, sym-
Together, with
97
Tachy-
Fast
98
Trans-
Across, through
99
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
100
Uni-
One