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Prefixes

Medical terminology flashcards: general combining forms, prefixes and suffixes

TermDefinition
carp/o wrist bones
cib/o meals
cost/o rib
cutane/o skin
dactyl/o fingers, toes
duct/o to lead, carry
flex/o to bend
furc/o forking, branching
gloss/o tongue
immun/o protection
morph/o shape, form
mort/o death
nat/i birth
nect/o to bind, tie, connect
norm/o rule, order
ox/o oxygen
pub/o pubis
seps/o infection
somn/o sleep
son/o sound
the/o to put, place
thel/o, theli/o nipple
thyr/o thyroid gland; shield
top/o place, position, location
tox/o poison
trache/o windpipe, trachea
urethr/o urethra
-blast embryonic, immature
-crine to secrete
-drome to run
-fusion coming together, to pour
-gen substance that produces
-lapse to slide, fall, sag
-metre to measure
-mission to send
-or one, who
-oxia oxygen
-partum birth, labour
-phoria to bear, carry; feeling
-physis to grow
-plasm structure or formation
-pnea breathing
-rrhea flow, discharge
a-, an- no, not, without
ab- away from
ad- toward
ana- up, apart
ante- before, forward
anti- against
bi- two
brady- slow
cata- down
con- with, together
contra- against, opposite
de- down, lack of
dys- bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-, ecto- out, outside
eu- good, normal
hemi- half
in- not
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
poly- many, much
post- after, behind
pre- before, in front of
pro-, pros- before, forward
supra- above, upper
syn-, sym- together, with
tachy- fast
ultra- beyond, excess
uni- one
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