Chapter Four: Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
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
Proctection
11
Q
Morph/o
A
Shape, form
12
Q
Mort/o
A
Death
13
Q
Nat/l
A
Birth
14
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule, order
15
Q
Ox/o
A
Oxygen
16
Q
-blast
A
Embryonic, immature
17
Q
-crine
A
To secrete
18
Q
- drome
A
To run
19
Q
-fusion
A
Coming together; to pour
20
Q
-gen
A
Substance that produces
21
Q
-lapse
A
To slide, fall, sag
22
Q
-lysis
A
Breakdown, destruction, separation
23
Q
-meter
A
To measure
24
Q
-mission
A
To send
25
Q
-or
A
One who
26
Q
-oxia
A
Oxygen
27
Q
-partum
A
Birth, labor
28
Q
-phoria
A
To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
29
Q
-physis
A
To grow
30
Q
-plasia
A
Development, formation, growth
31
Q
-plasm
A
Structure or formation
32
Q
-pnea
A
Breathing
33
Q
-ptosis
A
Falling, drooping, prolapse
34
Q
-rrhea
A
Flow, discharge
