Lesson 8 further Latin prefixes Flashcards
ab- (a- rarely before certain consonants; abs- before c and t):
away from:
ab-ductor
ab-lation
ab-ortion
abs-cess
abs-tract
a-vulsion
ad- (ac- before c; af- before f; ag- before g; al- before l; an- before n; ap- before p; as-before s; a- before sp; at- before t):
to, toward:
ad-aptation
ad-renaline
ac-cessory
af-ferent
ag-glomerate
al-literation
an-nectent
ap-pendix
as-sist
a-spirate
at-traction
af-fection
ambi-
both:
ambi-dextrous
ambi-opia
ambi-lateral
ambi-valence
ante-
before, forward:
ante-febrile
ante-pyretic
ante-natal
ante-version
bi- (bin-, bis-)
two, twice, double, both:
bi-furcate
bi-lateral
bi-para
bin-aural
bin-ocular
bis-acromial
circum-
around:
circum-articular
circum-ocular
circum-duction
circum-renal
con- (co- before h; col- before l; com- before e, m, and p; cor- before r)
together, with; thoroughly, very:
con-genital
co-hesion
col-lapse
com-edo com-mensal com-press cor-rosive co-habitation
contra-
against, opposite:
contra-ception
contra-indication
contra-fissura
contra-lateral
de-
down, away from, absent:
de-generation
de-sensitize
de-saturation
dis- (di- before g, v, and usually before l; dif- before f)
apart, away:
dis-infect
dif-fusate
di-gest
di-vert
di-lation
dif-fuse
de-hydration
ex- (e- before certain consonants; ef- before f)
out of, away from:
ex-halation
ef-ferent
ex-pectoration
e-visceration
extra- (rarely extro-)
on the outside, beyond:
extra-sensory
extro-vert
extra-vasation
extro-version
(1) three definitions, number (1) in- (il- before l; im- before b, m, and p; ir- before r)
in, into:
in-cubation
in-farct
in-gestion
il-lumination
im-bibition
im-mersion
im-pregnate
ir-radiate
(2) second term for in-, number (2) in-
not:
in-continence
in-firm
in-nominate
il-legal
im-balance
im-mune
im-potent
ir-reducible
(3) third term for in-, number (3) in- (il- before l; im- before b, m, and p; ir- before r)
very, thoroughly:
in-duration
in-flammation
in-ebriation
in-toxication
