Chapter 4: Prefixes

carp/o

wrist bones

cis/o

to cut

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

dactyl/o

fingers; toes

duct/o

to lead; carry

flex/o

to bend

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar

immun/o

protection

morph/o

shape; form

mort/o

death

nat/i

birth

norm/o

rule, order

ox/o

oxygen

pub/o

pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

seps/o

infection

somn/o

sleep

son/o

sound

the/o

to put; place

thel/o

nipple

theli/o

nipple

thyr/o

thyroid gland; shield

top/o

place; position; location

tox/o

poision

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

urethr/o

urethra

-blast

embryonic, immature

-crine

to secrete

-drome

to run

-fusion

coming together; to pour

=gen

substance that produces

-lapse

to slide; fall; sag

-lysis

breakdown; destruction; separation

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-or

one who

-oxia

oxyten

-partum

birth, labor

-phoria

to bear; carry; felling (mental state)

-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-

no; not; without

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

dys-

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

ec-

out; outside

endo-

in; within

epi-

upon, on, above

eu-

good; normal

ex-

out; outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive; above

hypo-

deficient; under

in-

not

in-

into; within

infra-

beneath; under

inter-

between

intra-

in; within; into

macro-

large

mal-

bad

meta-

beyond; change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

abnormal; beside; near

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

pro-

before; forward

pros-

before, forward

re-

back; again

retro-

behind; backward

sub-

under

supra-

above; upper

syn-

together; with

sym-

together; with

tachy-

fast

trans-

across; through

ultra-

beyond; excess