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Med Term Ch 4 p&s 1
Prefixes and Suffixes for Chapter 4 quiz 2
Question | Answer |
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-blast | embryonic, immature |
-crine | to secrete |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-drome | to run |
-fusion | coming together; to pour |
-gen | substance that produces |
-lapse | to slide, fall |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-or | one who |
-partum | birth, labor |
-phoria | to bear, carry; feeling |
-physis | to grow |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-plasm | structure or formation |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | falling, dropping, 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, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dia- | through, complete |