Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards by Ava Silbernagel

carp/o

Wrist bones

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Cib/o

Meals

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Cis/o

To cut

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Cost/o

Rib

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Cutane/o

Skin

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Dactyl/o

Fingers, toes, polydactyl

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Duct/o

To lead, carry

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Flex/o

To bend

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Furc/o

Forking, branching

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Gloss/o

Tongue

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Glyc/o, gluc/o, glycogen/o

Sugar

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Immun/o

Protection

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Morph/o

Shape, form

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Mort/o

Death

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Nat/i

Birth

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Nect/o

To bind, tie, connect

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Norm/o

Rule, order

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Ox/o

Oxygen

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Pub/o

Pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone

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Seps/o

Infection, sepsis

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Somn/o

Sleep, insomnia

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Son/o

Sound

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The/o

To put, place

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Thel/o, theli/o

Nipple

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Thyr/o

Thyroid gland; shield

Top/o

Place, position, location

Tox/o

Poison, toxicology

Trache/o

Windpipe, trachea

Urethr/o

Urethra

Tars/o

Tarsal bones

Cib/o: Ante cibum (AC)

Take the medication before the meal

Cib/o: Post cibum (PC)

Have the meal first, then take the medication

Cib/o: Cum cibum (CC)

Take the medication with a meal (Advil)

Cost/o

Intercostal nerves

Cutane/o, Derm/o, Dermat/o

Skin

Flex/o

Flexion

Glyc/o

Hypoglycemia (blood condition of sugar that is low)

Ox/o

Hypoxia (oxygen concentration in blood is low)

Somn/o

Insomnia

Son/o

Ultrasonography

-gram

Record

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

Tox/o

Toxicology

-blast

Embryonic, immature (erythroblast)

-crine

To secrete (endocrine vs. exocrine)

-drome

To run

-fusion

Coming together; to pour

-gea

Substance that produces

-lapse

To slide, fall, sag, (relapse)

-lysis

Breakdown, destruction, separation

-meter

To measure

-mission

To send

-or

One who

-oxia

Oxygen

-partum

Birth, labor, (post partum)

-phoria

To bear, carry; feeling, (euphoria vs. dysphoria)

-physis

To grow

-plasia

Development, formation, growth

-plasm

Structure or formation, (cytoplasm)

-pnea

Breathing, (apnea), (dyspnea)

-ptosis

Falling, drooping, prolapse

-rrhea

Flow, discharge, (diarrhea)

-stasis

Stopping, controlling, (hemostasis)

-trophy

Development, nourishment

A-, an-

No, not, without

Ab-

Away from (abduction)

Ad-

Toward (adduction)

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-

Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Ec-, Ecto

Out, outside

Endo-

In, within

Epi-

Upon, on, above

Eu-

Good, normal

Ex-

Out, outside, away from

Hemi-

Half

Hyper-

Excessive, above

Hypo-

Deficient, under

In-

Not, insufficient, insomnia, into, within

Infra-

Beneath, under

Inter-

Between

Intra-

In, within, into

Macro-

Large

Mal-

Bad

Meta-

Beyond, change

Micro-

Small

Neo-

New

Pan-

All, (pancytopenia)

Para-

Abnormal, beside, near

Per-

Through

Peri-

Surrounding

Poly-

Many, much

Post-

After, behind

Pre-

Before, in front of

Pro-

Before, forward

Pros-

Before, forward

Re-

Back, again

Retro-

Behind, backward

Sub-

Under

Supra-

Above, upper

Syn-, sym-

Together, with

Tachy-

Fast, (vs. brady-)

Trans-

Across, through

Ultra-

Beyond, excess

Uni-

One

Antigen

A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.

Antibodies

Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.

Rh Condition

An antigen- antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).

Congenital anomaly

An irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with Includes webbed fingers or toes, heart defects, and clubbed feet. Some are hereditary; others are produced by factors present during pregnancy; for example, when a pregnant woman drinks high levels of alcohol, there is a pattern or physical and mental defects in the infant at birth.

Syndrome

A group of signs and symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition.

Reye syndrome

Is characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin.

TURP

Transurethral resection of the prostate gland. A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through (trans-) the urethra. The procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination.

Ultrasonography

A diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.

Echocardiogram

Ultrasound image of the heart

Sonogram

Fetal ultrasound image

Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards

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