Shared Flashcard Set

Details

MED 121 Chapter 4
Suffixes/Prefixes
71
Medical
Not Applicable
01/17/2013
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Medical Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
-blast
 Definition
embryonic, immature
Term
-crine
 Definition
to secrete
Term
-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
-drome
 Definition
to run
Term
-fusion
 Definition
coming together, to pour
Term
-gen
 Definition
substance that produces
Term
-lapse
 Definition
to slide, fall, sag
Term
-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction, separation
Term
-meter
 Definition
to measure
Term
-mission
 Definition
to send
Term
-or
 Definition
one who
Term
-partum
 Definition
birth, labor
Term
-phoria
 Definition
to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
Term
-physis
 Definition
to grow
Term
-plasia
 Definition
development, formation, growth
Term
-plasm
 Definition
structure or formation
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
falling, dropping, prolapse
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
Term
-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
Term
a-, an-
 Definition
no, not, without
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward
Term
ana-
 Definition
up,apart
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, foreward
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
Term
auto-
 Definition
self,own
Term
bi-
 Definition
two
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
cata-
 Definition
down
Term
con-
 Definition
with, together
Term
contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
Term
de-
 Definition
down, lack of
Term
dia-
 Definition
complete
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad,painful,difficult,abnormal
Term
ec-, ecto-
 Definition
out, outside
Term
en-, endo-
 Definition
in, within
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon, on, above
Term
eu-
 Definition
good, normal
Term
ex-
 Definition
out,outside, away from
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above
Term
hypo-
 Definition
deficient, under
Term
in-
 Definition
not
Term
in-n
 Definition
into, within
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath, under
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-
 Definition
in, within, into
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
meta-
 Definition
beyond, change
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
Term
para-
 Definition
abnormal, beside, near
Term
per-
 Definition
through
Term
peri-
 Definition
surrounding
Term
poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
pro-
 Definition
before, forward
Term
psuedo-
 Definition
false
Term
re-
 Definition
back, again
Term
retro-
 Definition
behind, backward
Term
sub-
 Definition
under
Term
supra-
 Definition
above, upper
Term
syn-, sym-
 Definition
together, with
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, through
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Supporting users have an ad free experience!