A&P Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards by Dani Kasper

Q

carp/o

A

wrist bones

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cis/o

A

cut

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cost/o

A

rib

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cutane/o

A

skin

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dactyl/o

A

fingers, toes

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duct/o

A

lead, carry

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flex/o

A

bend

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furc/o

A

branching

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gloss/o

A

tongue

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glyc/o

A

sugar

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immun/o

A

protection

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morph/o

A

shape, form

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mort/o

A

death

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nat/i

A

birth

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norm/o

A

rule, order

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ox/o

A

oxygen

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pub/o

A

pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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seps/o

A

sepsis

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somn/o

A

sleep

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son/o

A

sound

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tens/o

A

force, strain, stretch

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the/o

A

put, place

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thel/o or theli/o

A

nipple

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thyr/o

A

thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)

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top/o

place, position, location

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

urethr/o

urethra

-crine

secrete

-drome

run

-fusion

coming together; to pour

-gen

substance that produces

-lapse

slide, fall, sag

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-meter

measure

-mission

send

-or

one who

-oxia

oxygen

-partum

birth, labor

a- or an-

no, not, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

auto-

self, own

bi-

two

brady-

slow

cata-

down

con-

with, together

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, lack of

dia-

through, complete

dys-

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

ec-

out, outside

endo-

in, within

epi-

upon, on, above

eu-

good, normal

ex-

out, outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, under

in-

not or into, within

infra-

beneath, under

inter-

between

intra-

in, within, into

macro-

large

mal-

bad

meta-

beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

abnormal, beside, near

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro- or pros-

before, forward

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, backward

sub-

under

supra-

above, upper

syn- or sym-

together, with

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one