CLCV 102 E1, Unit 2

Prefixes Roles

at beginning of term, modifies word root and suffix

a- prefix

without

an- prefix

without

anti- prefix

against

brady- prefix

slow

de- prefix

without

dys- prefix

painful, difficult, abnormal

pachy- prefix

thick

tachy- prefix

fast

ante- prefix

before, in front of

endo- prefix

within, inner

epi- prefix

above

ex- prefix

outward

extra- prefix

outside of

hypo- prefix

below

infra- prefix

below

inter- prefix

between

intra- prefix

within

para- prefix

beside, two like parts of a pair

peri- prefix

around

retro- prefix

behind

sub- prefix

beneath, under

supra- prefix

above

trans- prefix

across

bi- prefix

two

di- prefix

two

hemi- prefix

half

hyper- prefix

excessive

hypo- prefix

insufficient

micro- prefix

small

mono- prefix

one

multi- prefix

many

nulli- prefix

none

pan- prefix

all

poly- prefix

many

primi- prefix

first

quadri- prefix

four

tri- prefix

three

ultra- prefix

excess

uni- prefix

one

ante- prefix

before

neo- prefix

new

post- prefix

after

pre- prefix

before

Pro- 2 meanings, Prefix

1) can mean in front of, but ante- and pre- are more common

2) attached to substance, type of cell, or chemical name, developmental, precursor to a substance

auto- prefix

self

eu- prefix

normal, good

hetero- prefix

different

homo- prefix

same

per- prefix

through

assimilation definition

sounds of 2 consonants placed next to one another change to make pronunciation easier

ex) in-puls changes to im-puls since it’s easier to pronounce

-assimilation doesn’t always happen

Prefixes ending in -n and how they change, 5 changes (con-, in-)

1) n+r changes to rr (correlation)

2) n+l changes to ll (colligative)

3) n+m changes to mm (immobile)

4) n+b changes to mb (combine)

5) n+p changes to mp (compress)

Prefixes ending in -d and how they change, 8 changes (ad-)

1) d+c changes to cc (accommodate)

2) d+q changes to cq (acquire)

3) d+g changes to gg (agglutinate)

4) d+f changes to ff (affect)

5) d+l changes to ll (allocate)

6) d+p changes to pp (appropriate)

7) d+n changes to nn (annotate)

8) d+r changes to rr (arrange)

Prefix ending in -s and how they change (dis-)

s+f changes to ff (diffuse)

Prefixes ending in -x and how they change (ex-)

x+f changes to ff (effect)

Prefixes Ending in -b and how they change, 4 examples (sub-)

1) b+c chnages to cc (succeed)

2) b+p changes to pp (support)

3) b+g changes to gg (suggest)

3) b+r changes to rr (surrogate)

Third Declension

can be masculine, fem, or neute, all have the genitive ending 0is

dens

dentis genitive form, and dent- root

femur

femoris genitive form, and femor- root

pectus

pectortis genitive, and pector- root

pelvis

pelvis genitive form, pelv- stem/root

phalanx

phalangis genitive, phalang- stem/root

abdomin/o

abdomen

anter/o

front

brachi/o

arm

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

cubit/o

elbow

dist/o

farthest

dors/o

back (side of body)

femor/o

femur (thigh bone)

gastr/o

stomach

genit/o

genitals

glute/o

buttocks

ili/o

ilium (part of pelvis)

infer/o

below, lower

inguin/o

groin

later/o

side

lumb/o

low back

medi/o

middle

nas/o

nose

or/o

mouth

orbit/o

eye socket

ot/o

ear

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pelv/o

pelvis

poster/o

back (side of body)

proxim/o

nearest (to beginning of structure)

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

spin/o

spine

stern/o

sternum (breast bone)

super/o

above, upper

thorac/o

chest

ventr/o

belly (side of body)

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

Frontal Plane

coronal plane, vertical, anterior and posterior portions

Sagittal Plane

vertical plane, left and tight portions, midsagittal if divided equally