Prefixes Flashcards
cis/o
to cut
gen/o
to produce
glyc/o
sugar
nat/i
birth
norm/o
rule:order
plas/o
formation/growth
son/o
sound
top/o
place:to put
troph/o
nourishment
dur/o
dura matter in meninges
scapul/o
shoulder blade
uter/o
uterus
brady-
slow
hemi-
half
mal-
bad
neo-
new
tachy-
fast
ultra-
beyond
poly-
many
quadri-
four
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ana-
up:apart
ante
before;forward
anti
against
con
with
ec
out
epi
above, surface
ex
out;outside
extra
out;outside
in
in;into
inter
between
intra
within
meta
change
para
beside
post
after
pre
before
pros
before
syn
with;shared
-action
condition
-crine
secretion
-gen
to produce
-mortem
dead
-partum
birth
-phagia
to eat
-phasia
to speak
-plasia
formation
-plasm
formation
-stasis
to stand
-tension
pressure
-thesis
to put
-trophy
nourishment
-um
strucutre
-cision
cutting
-dipsia
thirst
-lapse
fall
-meter
-mission
send
-plegia
paralysis
-section
incision
-ine
pertaining to