MT: Unit 4 Chapter 4: Prefixes and Combining Forms

carp/o

carp/o

Combining form: wrist bones

nect/o

Combining form: binding, connecting

cib/o

Combining form: meals, nutrition

norm/o

Combining form: normal, usual

cis/o

Combining form: to cut

ox/o

Combining form: oxygen

cost/o

Combining form: rib

pub/o

Combining form: pubic bone

cutane/o

Combining form: skin

seps/o

Combining form: infection, decay

dactyl/o

Combining form: fingers, toes

somn/o

Combining form: sleep

duct/o

Combining form: to lead, carry

son/o

Combining form: sound

flex/o

Combining form: to bend

the/o

Combining form: to view, observe

furc/o

Combining form: forked, divided

thel/o

Combining form: nipple

theli/o

Combining form: nipple

gloss/o

Combining form: tongue

thyr/o

Combining form: thyroid gland

glyc/o

Combining form: sugar, glucose

top/o

Combining form: place, position

immun/o

Combining form: immune, protection

tox/o

Combining form: poison, toxin

morph/o

Combining form: form, shape

trache/o

Combining form: trachea, windpipe

mort/o-

Combining form: death

urethr/o

Combining form: urethra

nat/i

Combining form: birth

A-

Prefix: without, absence of

An-

Prefix: without, absence of

Intra-

Prefix: within, inside

Ab-

Prefix: away from

Macro-

Prefix: large, long

Ad-

Prefix: toward, near

Mal-

Prefix: bad, abnormal

Ana-

Prefix: up, apart

Meta-

Prefix: change, beyond

Ante-

Prefix: before, in front of

Micro-

Prefix: small

Anti-

Prefix: against, opposite

Neo-

Prefix: new, recent

Auto-

Prefix: self

Pan-

Prefix: all, entire

Bi-

Prefix: two, double

Para-

Prefix: beside, beyond

Brady-

Prefix: slow

Per-

Prefix: through, by

Con-

Prefix: with, together

Peri-

Prefix: around

Contra-

Prefix: against, opposite

Poly-

Prefix: many, much

De-

Prefix: down, without

Post-

Prefix: after, behind

Dia-

Prefix: through, across

Pre-

Prefix: before, in front of

Dys-

Prefix: bad, painful, difficult

Pro-

Prefix: before, forward

Ec-, Ecto-

Prefix: out, outside

Pros-

Prefix: toward, in front of

Endo-

Prefix: within, inside

Re-

Prefix: again, back

Epi-

Prefix: upon, above

Retro-

Prefix: backward, behind

Eu-

Prefix: good, normal

Sub-

Prefix: under, below

Ex-

Prefix: out, away from

Supra-

Prefix: above, excessive

Hemi-

Prefix: half

Syn-, Sym-

Prefix: together, with

Hyper-

Prefix: excessive, above normal

Tachy-

Prefix: fast, rapid

Hypo-

Prefix: below, deficient

Trans-

Prefix: across, through

In-

Prefix: not, without

Ultra-

Prefix: beyond, excess

Infra-

Prefix: below, beneath

Uni-

Prefix: one

Inter-

Prefix: between, among

-blast

Suffix: immature cell, germ cell

-partum

Suffix: birth, labor

-crine

Suffix: to secrete

-phoria

Suffix: feeling, bearing

-drome

Suffix: to run, running

-physis

Suffix: growth, nature

-fusion

Suffix: pouring, infusion

-plasia

Suffix: development, formation

-gen

Suffix: substance that produces

-plasm

Suffix: formation, growth

-lapse

Suffix: to slide, fall, sag

-pnea

Suffix: breathing, respiration

-lysis

Suffix: breakdown, destruction

-ptosis

Suffix: drooping, sagging

-meter

Suffix: instrument to measure

-rrhea

Suffix: flow, discharge

-mission

Suffix: sending, letting go

-stasis

Suffix: stopping, controlling

-or

Suffix: one who, that which

--trophy

Suffix: development, nourishment