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Med Term Ch. 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| duct/o | lead; carry |
| flex/o | bend |
| furc/o | branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| immun/o | protection |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| norm/o | rule; order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis; anterior portion of hip bone |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| tens/o | force; strain; stretch |
| the/o | put; place |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland; shield |
| to/p | place; position; location |
| tox/o | poison |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -crine | secrete |
| -drome | run |
| -fusion | come together; to pour |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -lapse | slide; fall; sag |
| -meter | measure |
| -mission | send |
| -or | one who |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -partum | birth; labor |
| -phoria | feeling; bear; carry |
| -physis | growth |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -plasm | structure; formation |
| -ptom | happening; occurrence |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before; forward |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| Brady- | slow |
| con- | with; together |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| de- | down; lack of |
| dys- | abnormal; bad; difficult; painful |
| ec- | out; outside |
| eu- | good; normal |
| hemi- | half |
| in- | not |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | beyond |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal; beside; near |
| per- | through |
| poly- | many; much |
| pros- | before; forward |
| supra- | above; upper |
| syn-; sym- | together; with |
| tachy- | fast |
| ultra- | beyond; excess |
| uni- | one |