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Medical Terminology
Chapter 4: Prefixes
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Undergraduate 3
01/23/2012

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carp/o
Definition
wrist bones
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cib/o
Definition
meals
Term
cis/o
Definition
to cut
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cost/o
Definition
rib
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cutane/o
Definition
skin
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dactyl/o
Definition
fingers, toes
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duct/o
Definition
to lead, carry
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flex/o
Definition
to bend
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furc/o
Definition
forking, branching
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gloss/o
Definition
tongue
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glyc/o
Definition
sugar
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immun/o
Definition
protection
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morph/o
Definition
shape, form
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mort/o
Definition
death
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nat/i
Definition
birth
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nect/o
Definition
to bind, tie, connect
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norm/o
Definition
rule, order
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ox/o
Definition
oxygen
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pub/o
Definition
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone
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seps/o
Definition
infection
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somn/o
Definition
sleep
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son/o
Definition
sound
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the/o
Definition
to put, place
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thel/o
Definition
nipple
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thyr/o
Definition
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
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top/o
Definition
place, position, location
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tox/o
Definition
poison
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trache/o
Definition
windpipe, trachea
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urethr/o
Definition
urethra
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-blast
Definition
embryonic, immature
Term
-crine
Definition
to secrete
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-cyesis
Definition
pregnancy
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-drome
Definition
to run
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-fusion
Definition
coming together; to pour
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-gen
Definition
substance that produces
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-lapse
Definition
to slide, fall, sag
Term
-lysis
Definition
breakdown, destruction, seperation
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-meter
Definition
to measure
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-mission
Definition
to send
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-or
Definition
one who
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-partum
Definition
birth, labor
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-phoria
Definition
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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-physis
Definition
to grow
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-plasia
Definition
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
Definition
structure or formation
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-pnea
Definition
breathing
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-ptosis
Definition
falling, dropping, prolapse
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-rrhea
Definition
flow, discharge
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-stasis
Definition
stopping, controlling
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-trophy
Definition
development, nourishment
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a-, an-
Definition
no, not, without
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ab-
Definition
away from (notice that the b faces away from the a)
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ad-
Definition
toward (notice that the d faces toward the a)
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ana-
Definition
up, apart
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ante-
Definition
before, forward
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anti-
Definition
against
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auto-
Definition
self, own
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bi-
Definition
two
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brady-
Definition
slow
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cata-
Definition
down
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con-
Definition
with, together
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contra-
Definition
against, opposite
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de-
Definition
down, lack of
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dia-
Definition
through, complete
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dys-
Definition
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-, ecto-
Definition
out, outside
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en-, endo-
Definition
in, within
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epi-
Definition
upon, on, above
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eu-
Definition
good, normal
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ex-
Definition
out, outside, away from
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hemi-
Definition
half
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hyper-
Definition
excessive, above
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hypo-
Definition
defficent, under
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in-
Definition
not
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in-
Definition
into, within
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infra-
Definition
beneath, under
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inter-
Definition
between
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intra-
Definition
in, within, into
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macro-
Definition
large
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mal-
Definition
bad
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meta-
Definition
beyond, change
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micro-
Definition
small
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neo-
Definition
new
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pan-
Definition
all
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para-
Definition
abnormal, beside, near
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per-
Definition
through
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peri-
Definition
surrounding
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poly-
Definition
many, much
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post-
Definition
after, behind
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pre-
Definition
before, in front of
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pro-
Definition
before, forward
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pseudo-
Definition
false
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re-
Definition
back, again
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retro-
Definition
behind, backward
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