Prefixes Flashcards
alb- , alb/o, albus-
white
chlor/o-
green
cyan/0-
blue
erythr/o-
red
leuk/o
white
melan/o
black
xanth/o
yellow
a-, an-
without
ambi-
both sides, around
bi-
two
cent-
hundred
demi-
half
diplo- duo-
two, twice, double
extr/a
more
hemi-
half
in-
not
iso-
equal
mon/o
one, single
multi-
many
pan-
all
poly-
many, multiple
semi-
partial, half
uni-
one, single
co- col- com- con- cor-
together
dia-
through, complete
homeo, homo
same
macro-
large
meg/a, megal/o
grand, large
pan-
all around
ultra-
excess, extreme, beyond
an/a
apart
ante-
before, in front of
anti-
against
auto-
self, same
contra-
against, opposed
de-
down from, away from, lack
dors-
back, posterior
ecto-
outside, external
end/o-, ent/o-
within, inside, inner
ex/o-
out of, away from, exterior
fore-
in front of, before
gen-
producing, in favour of
im, in-
into
infra-
under, below, beneath
later/o-
side, to one side
med-, mes/o-, mesi/o-
middle, midline
para-
beside, near, normal
per-
through
peri-
around
post-
behind, after
pre-, pr/o
in front of, before, precursor
retro-
behind, after
sub-
under, less , lower than
sy/m-, sy/n-, sys-
together
dis-,
remove, absence of
orth/o-
straight
pseud/o-
false
un-
not
alge, algesi, algia
pain
alve/o-
aleolus
angi/o-
vessel
apic/o
apex
bio
life
bucc/o-
cheek
cari/o
decay
carcin/o
cancer
cephal/o
head
cell/u
cell
cheil/o
lip
coron/o
crown
dent/i, dent/o
tooth
edem, edemat/o
swelling
enam/o-
enamel
esthes/i, esthe/t
sensation
faci/o
face
gen
inborn build, precursor, formation
gingiv/o
gum tissue
gloss/o
tongue
glott/o
glottis, back of tongue
granul/o
granule, grain-like
gnath/o
jaw
hem/a, hem/o
blood
ismus-
contraction
labi/o
lip
laryng/o
larynx
lingu/o
tongue
mandib/u
lower jaw
maxill/o
upper jaw
ment/o
chin
muc/o, mucos
tissue lining
occlus/o
shut, close, jaw close
odont/o
tooth
or/o
mouth
osse/o, ossi, ost
bone
palat/o
palate
path/o
disease
plasia
formation
pyo-
pus
radic/u
root
sep, sept/o
infectin
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
stom/a, stamat/o
mouth, opening
thromb/o
blood clot
vas/o, vascul/o
blood vesse;
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary
pertaining to
-cide
killing
-ent
agent
-form
shape, resembling
-gram, -graph
picture, recording
-ia, -ic, -ical
condition, state
-ics
practice, knowledge
-ion
condition, state
-ism
disease, practis
-ist
specialty
-ium
little, small
-oid
resembling
-osis
process, state, condition
-ous
pertaining to
-penia
deficiency
-phylaxis
protection
-rrhaphy
suturing
-stasis
stopping
-stat
stop, arrest
-tome
cutting instrument
-um
pertaining to
syn-
together
The root word ____
a) is the word’s prefix
b) is the basic meaning
c) describes location
d) describes a tooth
b
What is the clinical term for inflammation of the tongue?
a) stomatitis
b) glossitis
c) apices
d) frenoid
b
The root word ‘apic/o’ refers to the ____
a) mouth
b) jaw
c) tongue
d) apex
d
Break down the word ‘periodontitis’
a) per-iodon-titis
b) per-iodont-itis
c) perio-don-titis
d) peri-odont-itis
d
Which term refers to above the mandible?
a) paramandibular
b) perimandibular
c) supramandibular
d) transmandibular
c
The correct spelling for a condition of the lip is ____
a) chealosis
b) cheilosos
c) cheilosis
d) chealocys
c
What does the term macroglossia mean?
a) small lips
b) large tongue
c) small palate
d) large gums
b
The term labial refers to the ____
a) skin
b) face
c) tongue
d) lips
d
. By its prefix, we know that synthesis refers to ____
a) poorly built
b) breaking apart
c) coming together
d) not aligned
c
What is the plural of periodontium?
a) periodontiums
b) periodontia
c) periodontal
d) periodontiaes
b
Two root words for the mouth are ____
a) muco, mento
b) rhino, necro
c) palato, labi
d) stoma, or
d
he term subapical refers to ____
a) less teeth
b) under the apex
c) below the heart
d) between vessels
b
The tongue that is edematous is ____
a) swollen
b) infected
c) bleeding
d) small
a
Two root words for the tongue are
a) gloss/o, lingu/o
b) ment/o, hemo
c) stoma, plasmo
d) gingiv/o, tetr/o
a
. What does the term transcutaneous mean?
a) abnormal skin growth
b) cutting the skin
c) through the skin
d) on top of the skin
c
What does the term odontoid mean?
a) resembling a tooth
b) a small tooth
c) the study of teeth
d) removal of a tooth
a
. A white cell is a ____
a) leukocele
b) plasmocele
c) leukocyte
d) leukocide
c
Which prefixes indicate ‘2’?
a) semi, hemi
b) ambi, poly
c) bi, di
d) dia, supra
c
Jaws that are equal in size are ____
a) endognathious
b) diplognathous
c) pangnathial
d) isognathous
d
What is a deficiency in white cells called?
a) leukopenia
b) albumoid
c) leukoform
d) alborrhea
a
The study of teeth is called ____
a) odontostasis
b) odontology
c) dentopathy
d) dentography
b
a) rhinoplasty
b) sinusitis
c) nasorrhage
d) myopathy
a
One reason not to administer a drug is a ____
a) dorsoindication
b) contraindication
c) retroindication
d) neoindication
b
A procedure that cuts through bone is ____
a) orthognatia
b) transosseous
c) orthosseous
d) osteopathy
b
An injury pertaining to the lower jaw is ____
a) mandibular
b) mandibuloid
c) mandibulium
d) mandilomar
a
What is the clinical term for a grain-like tumour?
a) patholoma
b) hematoma
c) myomoma
d) granuloma
d
. An agent that stops the formation of pus is said to be ____
a) pyogenic
b) pyostatic
c) pyorrheic
d) pyotomic
b
Break down the word ‘infraorbital’
a) infra-orbit-al
b) in-fra-orbital
c) infra-orbi-tal
d) in-fra-orb-ital
c
Odontalgia refers to dental ____
a) loss
b) nerves
c) blood supply
d) pain
d
The correct breakdown of the word orthognathic is orth/o-gna-thic
a) true
b) false
F
The definition of cheilorhinoplasty is surgical repair of the lips and nose
a) true
b) false
T
An infection or inflammation of the cheek and gum would be buccogingotis
a) true
b) false
F
The term orolingual refers to the mouth and tongue
a) true
b) false
T
The term coronoid refers to something covered by a cranium
a) true
b) false
F
The correct breakdown of the word pedodontist is ped-odont-ist
a) true
b) false
T
The term oropharangeal refers to the mouth and the lower jaw
a) true
b) false
F
By its prefix, we know that adduction is movement toward the body
a) true
b) false
T
The term subcutaneous refers to the area under the skin
a) true
b) false
T
Rhinitis is the term used to define discharge from the nose
a) true
b) false
F
The plural of pharynx is
pharynges
The suffix ____ means ‘cutting into’
otomy
The clinical term for muscle disease is ____
myopathy
Surgical removal of gum tissue is called
gingivectomy
A red cell is called an
erythrocyte
Absence of breathing is called
apnea
Excessive blood flow is called
hemorrhage
Repair of a blood vessel is called
angioplasty
Inflammation of the gum tissue is called
gingivitis
The term ____ means ‘resembling a head’
cephaloid
The state of having straight teeth is called ____
orthodontia
The plural of sepsis is __
sepses
The study of disease is called
pathology
A rapid heart rate condition is called
tachycardia
A black coloured growth or tumour is called a
melanoma
The term ____ means enlarged head
cephalomegaly
Suturing of the face is called
faciorrhaphy
The instrument used to view the larynx is called the _
laryngoscope
A tumour on a nerve is called a __
neuroma
A surgical instrument that cuts bone is an
osteotome
Inflammation of a tooth socket is called _
alveolitis
Bad and deficient tissue formation is called tissue
dysplasia
The term that means a state of impaired sensation is
dysesthesia
The study of the skull is called
craniology
The surgical viewing of a joint is called an
arthroscopy
