NUSC 1P03 Quiz #2 Medical Terms Chapter 4 - Prefixes

abdomin/o

abdomen 

an/o

anus

carp/o

carpals (wrist bones)

cis/o

to cut

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

skull

cutane/o

skin

dur/o

dura matar (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) 

gen/o

to produce, to begin

glyc/o

sugar

hemat/o

blood 

later/o

side

men/o

menses (monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus)

nat/o

birth

neur/o

nerve

norm/o

rule, order

oste/o

bone

ox/o

oxygen

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen)

plas/o

formation, growth, development

ren/o

kidney

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

son/o

sound

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

top/o

to put, place, position 

troph/o

development, nourishment

urethr/o

urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)

uter/o

uterus 

ven/o

vein

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

-al

pertaining to

-ation

process, condition

-cision

process of cutting

-crine

secretion

-dipsia

thirst

-emia

blood condition 

-gen

to produce 

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to 

-ine

pertaining to

-ism

condition or process

-lapse

to fall, slide 

-lysis

loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-mortem

death

-oma

tumor, mass

-ous

pertaining to 

-partum

birth

-pathy

disease condition

-phagia 

eating

-phasia

speech

-plasia 

formation (condition)

-plasm

formation (tissue)

plegia 

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-ptom

a happening

-rrhea

flow, discharge 

-scopy

process of visual examination

-section

to cut

-stasis 

to stand, place, stop control 

-tension

pressure

-thesis

to put, place (state of putting or placing)

-tic

pertaining to 

-trophy

nourishment; development

-um

structure

-uria

urine condition

-y

process, condition

apnea

not able to breathe

aphasia

absence or impairment of communication through speech

anemia

condition where there is a lower # of RBC than normal or decrease in hemoglobin within the cells

amenorrhea

absence of menstrual flow

abnormal

pertaining to being away from the norm

a-, an-

no, not, without 

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward 

anti-

against

antibody

protein made by WBC - literally a body working against foreign substances

antigen

foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses. When they enter the body, they stimulate WBC to produce antibodies that act against the antigens

antibiotic

chemical substance produced by various microorganisms or fungi, inhibits or destroys bacteria or other small organisms

bi-

two, both

bilateral

pertaining to both sides

brady- 

slow 

bradycardia

slow heart beat

con-

with, together

congenital anomaly

irregularity present at birth ex. webbed fingers

dia-

complete, through

diarrhea

feces are loose and watery

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

dysmenorrhea

painful menstrual flow

ec- 

outside, out

ectopic pregnancy

pregnancy that is not in the uterus, usually in follopian tubes

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon

ex-

out

extra-

outside of

hemi-

half