Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards
1
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carp/o
A
wrist bones
2
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
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
to bend
8
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
9
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
10
Q
immun/o
A
protection
11
Q
morph/o
A
shape, form
12
Q
mort/o
A
death
13
Q
nat/i
A
birth
14
Q
norm/o
A
rule, order
15
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
16
Q
pub/o
A
pubis (pubic bones); anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone
17
Q
seps/o
A
infection
18
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
19
Q
son/o
A
sound
20
Q
the/o
A
to put, place
21
Q
thel/o, theli/o
A
nipple
22
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid glands resembled (-oid) a shield to those who named it)
23
Q
top/o
A
place, position, location
24
Q
tox/o
A
poison
25
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
26
urethr/o
urethra
27
-blast
embryonic, immature
28
-crine
secrete
29
-drome
to run
30
-fusion
coming together; to pour
31
-gen
substance that produces
32
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
33
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
34
-meter
to measure
35
-mission
to send
36
-or
one who
37
-oxia
oxygen
38
-partum
birth, labor
39
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
40
-physis
to grow
41
-plasia
development, formation, growth
42
-plasm
structure or formation
43
-pnea
breathing
44
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
45
-rrhea
flow, discharge
46
-stasis
stopping, controlling
47
-trophy
development, nourishment
48
a-, an-
no, not, without
49
ab-
away from
50
ad-
toward
51
ana-
up, apart
52
ante-
before, forward
53
anti-
against
54
auto-
self, own
55
bi-
two
56
brady-
slow
57
cata-
down
58
con-
with, together
59
contra-
against, opposite
60
de-
down, lack of
61
dia-
through, complete
62
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
63
ec-
out, outside
64
endo-
in, within
65
epi-
upon, on, above
66
eu-
good, normal
67
ex-
out, outside
68
hemi-
half
69
hyper-
excessive, above
70
hypo-
deficient, under
71
in-
not
72
in-
into, within
73
infra-
beneath, under
74
inter-
between
75
intra-
in, within, into
76
macro-
large
77
mal-
bad
78
meta-
beyond, change
79
micro-
small
80
neo-
new
81
pan-
all
82
para-
abnormal, beside, near
83
per-
through
84
peri-
surrounding
85
poly-
many, much
86
post-
after, behind
87
pre-
before, in front of
88
pro-
before, forward
89
pros-
before, forward
90
re-
back, again
91
retro-
behind, backward
92
sub-
under
93
supra-
above, upper
94
syn-, sym-
together, with
95
tachy-
fast
96
trans-
across, through
97
ultra-
beyond, excess
98
uni-
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