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Med. Term Chp 4-7
suffixes and prefixes for quiz #7
Question | Answer |
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-blast | embryonic, immature |
-crine | to secrete |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-drome | to run |
-fusion | coming together |
-gen | substance that produces |
-lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-or | one who |
-partum | birth, labor |
-phoria | to bear, carry |
-physis | to grow |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-plasm | structure or formation |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | falling, drooping, prolapse |
-rrhea | flow discharge |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
a-, an- | no, not, without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up, apart |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dia- | through, complete |