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CH 4 LOM
Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cis/o | to cut |
| Cutane/o | skin |
| Duct/o | to lead, carry |
| Flex/o | bend |
| Glyc/o | sugar |
| Immun/o | protection |
| Morph/o | shape, form |
| Ox/o | oxygen |
| Tox/o | poison |
| -blast | immature |
| -fusion | coming together |
| -gen | producing, forming |
| -phoria | feeling (mental state) |
| -plasm | development, formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| abduction | taking away (away from body) |
| adduction | adding (towards the body) |
| anti | against |
| ante | before |
| inter | between |
| infra | around |
| intra | into |
| a-,an- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ec-,ecto- | out, outside |
| en-,endo- | out, outside |
| epi- | upon, on, above |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | defficient, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | into, within |
| mal- | bad |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | above, upper |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through, across |
| uni- | one |
| ectopic pregnancy | embryo implants outside uterus |
| prolapse | on organ or tissue slides forward or downward |