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Prefixes
Medical terminology flashcards: general combining forms, prefixes and suffixes
Term | Definition |
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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 |