prefixes/connecting forms Flashcards
1
Q
a-, an-
A
no, not, without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
4
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
5
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
6
Q
ad-
A
toward
7
Q
aden/o
A
gland
8
Q
adip/o
A
fat
9
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
10
Q
ana-
A
up, apart
11
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
12
Q
ante-
A
before, forward
13
Q
anter/o
A
front
14
Q
anti-
A
against
15
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
16
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
17
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
18
Q
auto-
A
self, own
19
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
20
Q
bi-
A
two
21
Q
bi/o
A
life
22
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
23
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
24
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
25
cardi/o
heart
26
carp/o
wrist bones
27
cata-
down
28
cata-
down
29
cephal/o
head
30
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
31
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
32
chem/o
drug, chemical
33
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
34
chrom/o
color
35
chron/o
cartilage
36
chrondr/o
cartilage
37
cis/o
to cut
38
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
39
col/o
colon (large intestine)
40
con-
with, together
41
contra-
against, opposite
42
cost/o
rib
43
crani/o
skull
44
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
45
cutane/o
skin
46
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
47
cyt/o
cell
48
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
49
de-
down, lack of
50
derm/o
skin
51
dermat/o
skin
52
dia-
through, complete
53
dist/o
far, distant
54
dors/o
back portion of the body
55
duct/o
lead, carry
56
dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
57
ec-
out, outside
58
electr/o
electricity
59
encephal/o
brain
60
endo-
in, within
61
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
62
epi-
upon, on, above
63
epi-
above
64
erythr/o
red
65
eu-
good, normal
66
ex-
out, outside
67
flex/o
bend
68
furc/o
branching
69
gastr/o
stomach
70
gloss/o
tongue
71
glyc/o
sugar
72
glyc/o
sugar
73
gnos/o
knowledge
74
gynec/o
woman, female
75
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
76
hemi-
half
77
hepat/o
liver
78
hist/o
tissue
79
hyper
excessive, above
80
hypo=
deficient, under
81
iatr/o
treatment, physician
82
ili/o
ilium (upper part of the hip bone)
83
immun/o
protection
84
infra-
beneath, under
85
in-
not; into, within
86
inguin/o
groin
87
inter-
between
88
intra-
in, within, into
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kary/o
nucleus
90
later/o
side
91
leuk/o
white
92
log/o
study of
93
lumb/o
lower back
94
lymph/o
lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
95
macro-
large
96
mal-
bad
97
mamm/o
breast
98
mast/o
breast
99
medi/o
middle
100
meta-
beyond, change
101
micro-
small
102
morph/o
shape, form
103
morph/o
shape, form
104
mort/o
death
105
muc/o
mucus
106
my/o
muscle
107
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
108
nat/i
birth
109
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
110
neo-
new
111
nephr/o
kidney
112
neur/o
nerve
113
neutr/o
neutrophil (white blood cell)
114
norm/o
rule, order
115
nucle/o
nucleus
116
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
117
ophthalam/o
eye
118
opi/o
opium
119
oste/o
bone
120
oste/o
bone
121
ot/o
ear
122
ox/o
oxygen
123
pan-
all
124
para-
abnormal, beside, near
125
path/o
disease
126
ped/o
child
127
pelv/i
pelvis
128
per-
through
129
peri-
surrounding
130
peritone/o
peritoneum
131
phag/o
to eat, swallow
132
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
133
phleb/o
vein
134
plas/o
formation, development
135
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
136
pneumon/o
lungs
137
poly-
many, much
138
post-
after, behind
139
poster/o
back, behind
140
pre-
before, in front of
141
pro-
before, forward
142
pros-
before, forward
143
proxim/o
nearest
144
psych/o
mind
145
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
146
pulmon/o
lungs
147
brady-
slow
148
radi/o
x-rays
149
radi/o
x-rays
150
re-
back, again
151
rect/o
rectum
152
ren/o
kidney
153
ren/o
kidney
154
retro-
behind, backward
155
rhin/o
nose
156
sacr/o
sacrum
157
sarc/o
flesh
158
sect/o
to cut
159
seps/o
infection
160
somn/o
sleep
161
son/o
sound
162
spin/o
spine, backbone
163
splen/o
spleen
164
staphyl/o
clusters
165
strept/o
clusters
166
sub-
under
167
supra-
above, supper
168
syn-, sym-
together, with
169
tachy-
fast
170
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
171
the/o
put, place
172
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
173
thorac/o
chest
174
thorac/o
chest
175
thromb/o
clot/ clotting
176
thromb/o
clot
177
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
178
tonsill/o
tonsilst
179
top/o
place, position, location
180
tox/o
poison
181
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
182
trans-
across, through
183
ultra-
beyond, excess
184
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
185
uni-
one
186
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
187
urethr/o
urethra
188
ven/o
vein
189
ventr/o
belly side of the body
190
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
191
viscer/o
internal organs
