Chp 4- Prefixes

Question 1

carp/o

Answer 1

wrist bones

Question 2

cost/o

Answer 2

rib

Question 3

cutane/o

Answer 3

skin

Question 4

dactyl/o

Answer 4

fingers

Question 5

duct/o

Answer 5

to lead, carry

Question 6

flex/o

Answer 6

bend

Question 7

gloss/o

Answer 7

tongue

Question 8

immun/o

Answer 8

PROTECTION

Question 9

mort/o

Answer 9

death

Question 10

nat/i

Answer 10

birth

Question 11

norm/o

Answer 11

rule/order

Question 12

ox/o

Answer 12

oxygen

Question 13

pub/o

Answer 13

pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone

Question 14

seps/o

Answer 14

infection

Question 15

somn/o

Answer 15

sleep

Question 16

son/o

Answer 16

sound

Question 17

the/o

Answer 17

to put, place

Question 18

thyr/o

Answer 18

thyroid gland/ shield

Question 19

top/o

Answer 19

place, position, location

Question 20

tox/o

Answer 20

poison

Question 21

-blast

Answer 21

embryonic, immature

Question 22

-drome

Answer 22

to run

Question 23

-fusion

Answer 23

coming together; to pour

Question 24

-gea

Answer 24

substance that produces

Question 25

-lapse

Answer 25

to slide, fall, sag

Question 26

-lysis

Answer 26

breakdown, destruction, separation

Question 27

-meter

Answer 27

to measure

Question 28

-mission

Answer 28

to send

Question 29

-or

Answer 29

one who

Question 30

-oxia

Answer 30

oxygen

Question 31

-partum

Answer 31

birth, labour

Question 32

-phoria

Answer 32

to bear; carry; good feeling

Question 33

-physis

Answer 33

to grow

Question 34

-plasm

Answer 34

structure or formation

Question 35

-pnea

Answer 35

breathing

Question 36

-ptosis

Answer 36

falling, dropping, prolapse

Question 37

–trophy

Answer 37

development, nourishment

Question 38

a-, an-

Answer 38

no, not, without

Question 39

ab-

Answer 39

away from

Question 40

ad-

Answer 40

toward

Question 41

ana-

Answer 41

up, apart

Question 42

ante-

Answer 42

before, forward

Question 43

anti-

Answer 43

against

Question 44

auto-

Answer 44

self

Question 45

brady-

Answer 45

slow

Question 46

cata-

Answer 46

down

Question 47

Con-

Answer 47

with, together

Question 48

contra-

Answer 48

against, opposite

Question 49

de-

Answer 49

lack of, down

Question 50

dia-

Answer 50

through, complete

Question 51

ec-

Answer 51

outside, out

Question 52

endo-

Answer 52

in, within

Question 53

eu-

Answer 53

good, normal

Question 54

ex-

Answer 54

out, outside

Question 55

hemi-

Answer 55

half

Question 56

hyper-

Answer 56

excessive, above

Question 57

hypo-

Answer 57

deficient, under

Question 58

in-

Answer 58

not (insomnia) or into/within (incision)

Question 59

infra-

Answer 59

beneath, under

Question 60

inter-

Answer 60

between

Question 61

intra-

Answer 61

within, in, into

Question 62

macro-

Answer 62

large

Question 63

mal-

Answer 63

bad

Question 64

meta-

Answer 64

beyond, change

Question 65

micro-

Answer 65

small

Question 66

neo-

Answer 66

new

Question 67

pan-

Answer 67

all

Question 68

para-

Answer 68

abnormal, beside, near

Question 69

per-

Answer 69

through

Question 70

peri-

Answer 70

surrounding

Question 71

poly-

Answer 71

many, much

Question 72

post-

Answer 72

after, behind

Question 73

pre-

Answer 73

before, in front

Question 74

pro/s-

Answer 74

before, forward

Question 75

re-

Answer 75

back, again

Question 76

retro-

Answer 76

behind/backward

Question 77

sub-

Answer 77

under

Question 78

supra-

Answer 78

above, upper

Question 79

syn-, sym-

Answer 79

together, with

Question 80

tachy-

Answer 80

fast

Question 81

trans-

Answer 81

across, through

Question 82

ultra-

Answer 82

beyond, excess

Question 83

uni-

Answer 83

one

Question 84

antigen

Answer 84

foreign substance that stimulates production of antibodies

Question 85

antibodies

Answer 85

protein substances made by leukocytes in response to antigen

Question 86

Rh Condition

Answer 86

antibody-antigen condition that develops when theres a difference in Rh blood factor b/w mother and fetus

Question 87

congential anomaly

Answer 87

• irregularity in structure or organ infant is born with
• ex. webbed feet/hands, heart defect, clubbed feet

Question 88

recombinant DNA

Answer 88

• taking gene from one organism, inserting into DNA of another organism
• used to make insulin outside body

Question 89

Polymerase chair reaction (PCR)

Answer 89

producing multiple copies of single gene

Question 90

syndrome

Answer 90

group of signs or symptoms commonly occur together and indicate particular disease

Question 91

reye syndrome

Answer 91

characterized by vomiting, swelling of brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, dysfunction of liver, may occur in children after treated with aspirin

Question 92

transuretral

Answer 92

resection of prostate gland
- portion of prostate gland removed with instrument passed through (trans-) urethra
- indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination

Question 93

Ultrasonography

Answer 93

diagnostic technechique using ultrasound waves to produce image of organ or tissue

Question 94

echocardiogram

Answer 94

ultrasound image of heart

Question 95

sonogram

Answer 95

fetal ultrasound image