Prefix Flashcards
Hepat
Liver
Hemat/hemo
Blood
Electr
Electricity
Cardi
Heart
Gastr
Stomach
Enter
Intestines
Hypo
Below
Epi
Above, upon, on
Aden
Gland
Arthr
Joint
Bi
Life; two
Carcin
Cancerous,cancer
Cephal
Head
Cerebr
Cerebrum
Crin
To secrete
Cyst
Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
Cyt
Cell
Derm/dermat, cuante
Skin
Encephal
Brain
Erythr
Red
Glyc
Sugar
Gnos
Knowledge
Gynec
Woman,female
iatr
Treatment,physician
Leuko
White
Log
Study of
Neuro
Nerve
Onco
Tumor
Ophthalmo
Eye
Osteo
Bone
Patho
Disease
Pedo
Child
Psycho
Mind
Radio
X-Rays
Reno/nephr
Kidney
Rhino
Nose
Sarco
Flesh
Secto/cis
To cut
Thrombo
Clot, clotting
Uro
Urinary tract, urine
A,an
No,not,without
Aut, auto
Self,own
Dia
Complete, through
Endo
Within, in
Ex,Exo
Out,outside of,outward, away from
Hyper
Excessive, above,more than normal
Hypo
Deficient,below,under,less than normal
In
Into,in; not
peru, peri
Surrounding,around
pro, ante, pros
Before,forward
Re
Back,backward,again
retro
Behind, backward
Sub
Below,under
Trans
Across,through
Hist
Tissue
Thel/theli
Nipple
Thorac
Chest
Trache
Trachea, windpipe
Umbilic
Naval, umbilicus
Ventro
Belly side of the body
Vertebr
Backbones, vertebra
Viscero
Internal organs
ana
Up, apart; again, anew
Cata
Down
Meta
Change
Inter
Between
Bol
To cast(throw)
Cervic
Neck(body or uterus)
Chondro
Cartilage(connective tissue)
Chrom
Color
Coccyg
Coccyx(tailbone)
ili
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
Inguin
Groin
Kary
Nucleus
Later
Side
Lumbo
Lower back
Medi
Middle
Proxim
Nearest
Sacr
Sacrum
adi, steat, adip
Fat
Anter
Front
ano
Anus
bucc
Cheek
cec
Cecum
celi
Belly,abdomen
cheil, labi
Lip
cholecyst
Common bile duct
dent, odont
Tooth
col
Colon
duoden
Duodenal
faci
Face
gingiv
Gums
Gloss, lingu
Tongue
jejun
Jejunum
ile
Ileum
lapar
Abdomen
mandibul
Lower jaw, mandible
or, stomat
Mouth
palat
Palate
peritone
Peritoneum
proct
Anus and rectum
pylor
Pylor sphincter
sialaden
Salivary gland
sigmoid
Sigmoid colon
amyl
Starch
bil, chole
Gall, bile
lip
Fat, lipid
lith
Stone
sial
Saliva, salivary
py
Pus
glycogen
Glycogen, animal starch
acro
Extremities, top, extreme point
acu
Severe, sharp, sudden
amni
Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
angi
Vessel
arteri
artery
axillo
Armpit
blephar
Eyelid
hydr
Water,fluid
isch
to hold back
laryng
Larynx
mamm,mast
Breast
morph
Shape, form
muc
Mucus
my
Muscle
myel
Spinal cord, bone marrow
neutro
Neutrophil(a white blood cell)
carp
Wrist bones
cib
Meals
cost
Rib
dactyl
Fingers, toes
duct
To lead, carry
flex
To bend
furc
Forking, branching
nati
Birth
necto
To bind, tie, connect
norm
Rule, order
pubo
Pubis(pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
sepso
Infection
somno
Sleep
sono
Sound
theo
To put, place
thyro
Thyroid gland; shield
topo
Place, position, location
toxo
Poison
ab
Away from
ad
Toward
anti
Against
brady
Slow
cata
Down
con
With, together
contra
Against, opposite
de
Down, lack of
dys
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec, ecto
Out, outside
eu
Good, normal
hemi
Half
infra
Beneath, under
intra
In, within, into
macro
Large
mal
Bad