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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
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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
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-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
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-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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