Prefixes: Chapter Four Flashcards
1
Q
An/o
A
Anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)
2
Q
Carp/o
A
Carpals (wrists bones)
3
Q
Cis/o
A
To cut
4
Q
Cost/o
A
Ribs
5
Q
Cutane/o
A
Skin
6
Q
Dur/o
A
Dura mater
7
Q
Gen/o
A
To produce, to begin
8
Q
Nati/o
A
Birth
9
Q
Norm/o
A
Rule,order
10
Q
Plas/o
A
Formation, growth, development
11
Q
Scapul/o
A
Scapula (shoulder blade)
12
Q
Son/o
A
Sound
13
Q
Top/o
A
To put, place, position
14
Q
Troph/o
A
Development,nourishment
15
Q
Ven/o
A
Vein
16
Q
-action
A
Process, condition
17
Q
-crine
A
Secretion
Endo/crine glands
18
Q
-dipsia
A
Thirst
19
Q
-gen
A
To produce
20
Q
-ine
A
Pertaining to
21
Q
-lapse
A
To fall, slide
22
Q
-mission
A
To send
23
Q
-meter
A
To measure
24
Q
-mortem
A
Death
25
Q
-ous
A
Pertaining to
26
Q
-partum
A
Birth
27
Q
-phagia
A
Eating
28
Q
-phasia
A
Speech
29
Q
-plasia
A
Formation (condition)
30
Q
-plasma
A
Formation (tissue)
31
Q
-plegia
A
Paralysis
32
Q
-pnea
A
Breathing
33
Q
-section
A
To cut
34
Q
-stasis
A
To stand, place, stop, control
35
Q
-tension
A
Pressure
