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Ch 4 Prefixes
Medical prefixes (Medical Terminology, A Short Course)
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01/05/2012
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an/o
 Definition
anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)
Term
carp/o
 Definition
carpals (wrist bones)
Term
cis/o
 Definition
to cut
Term
cost/o
 Definition
ribs
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin
Term
dur/o
 Definition
dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
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gen/o
 Definition
to produce, to begin
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nat/i
 Definition
birth
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norm/o
 Definition
rule, order
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plas/o
 Definition
formation, growth, development
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scapul/o
 Definition
scapula (shoulder blade)
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son/o
 Definition
sound
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top/o
 Definition
to put, place, position
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troph/o
 Definition
development, nourishment
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-crine
 Definition
secretion
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-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
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-lapse
 Definition
to fall, slide
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-lysis
 Definition
loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
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-meter
 Definition
to measure
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-mission
 Definition
to send
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-mortem
 Definition
death
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-partum
 Definition
birth
Term
-phagia
 Definition
to eat, swallow
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-phasia
 Definition
to speak
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-plasm
 Definition
formation
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-tension
 Definition
pressure
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-thesis
 Definition
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
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-um
 Definition
structure
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-y
 Definition
process, condition
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