Chapter-4 Prefixes

Chapter-4 Prefix= es

COMBINING FORMS<= o:p>

Combining form= s	Meaning	Terminology
carp/o	wrist bones	carpal
cib/o	meals	cibum
cis/o	to cut	incision
cost/o	rib	costal
Cutane/o	skin	cutaneous
Dactyl/o	fingers, toes	dactylitis
duct/o	to lead, carry	ductal
flex/o	to bend	flexion
furc/o	forking, branching	furcal
gloss/o	tongue	glossal
glyc/o	sugar	glycogen
Immun/o	protection	immune
morph/o	shape, form	morphology
mort/o	death	postmortem
nat/i	birth	prenatal
nect/o	to bind, tie, connect
norm/o	rule, order	normal
ox/o	oxygen
seps/o	infection	sepsis
somn/o	sleep	insomnia
son/o	sound	ultrasonogram<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
the/o	to put, place	theca
thel/o	nipple	thelarche
thyr/o	shield	thyroaplasia, thyro= cele
top/o	place, position, location	topical
tox/o	poison	toxic
trache/o	windpipe, trachea	tracheal
urethr/o	urethra	urethral

SUFFIXES

Suffix	Meaning	Terminology
-blast	embryonic, immature
-cyesis<= /p>	pregnancy	sudocyesis
-drome	to run	syndrome
-fusion	to pour
-gen	producing, forming	hydrogen
-lapse	to slide, fall, sag	prolapse
-lysis, =	breakdown, separation, loosening	hemolysis
-meter	to measure
-mission	to send
-or	one who
-partum	birth, labor
-phoria<= /p>	to bear, carry, feeling
-physis<= /p>	to grow
-plasia<= /p>	development, formation
-plasm	development, formation
-pnea	breathing	apnea
-ptosis<= /p>	droop, sag, prolapse<= /o:p>	proptosis
-rrhea	flow, discharge	Menorrhea
-stasis	to stop, control	hemostasis
-trophy	nourishment, development	hypertrophy

PREFIXES

Prefixes<= /o:p>	Meaning	Terminology
a-, an-	no, not, without	apnea, anoxia
ab-	away from	abnormal, abductor
ad-	toward	adductor, adrenal glands
ana-	up, apart	anabolism, analysis
ante-	before, forward	ante cibum, anteflexion, ante partum
anti-	against	antisepsis, antibiotic, antigen, antitoxin<= /span>
auto-	self, own	autoimmune
bi-	two	bifurcation, bilateral
brady-	slow	bradycardia
cata-	down	catabolism
con-	with, together	congenital anomaly, connective
contra-	against, opposite	contraindication, contralateral
de-	down, lack of	dehydration
dia-	through, complete	diameter, diarrhea, dialysis
dys-	bad, painful, difficult, abnormal	dysplasia
ec-, ecto= -	out, outside	ectopic pregnancy=
en-, endo-	in, within	endotracheal, endoscope, endocardium
epi-	upon, on, above	epithelium
eu-	good, normal	euthyroid, euphr= ia
ex-	out, away from	exophthalmia
hemi-	half	hemiglossectomy
hyper-	excessive, above,	hyperplasia, hypertrophy, hyperglycemia
hypo-	deficient, under	hypodermic, hypoglycemia
in-	not	insomniac
in-	into	incision
infra-	beneath	infracostal
inter-	between	intercostal
intra-	into, within	intravenous
macro-	large	macrocephalic<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
mal-	bad	malignant
meta-	change, beyond	metamorphosis, metacarpal bones
micro-	small	microscope
neo-	new	neoplasm, neonatal
pan-	all	pancytopenia
para-	near, beside, abnormal	parathyroid glands, paralysis
per-	through-	percutaneous
peri-	surrounding	pericardium, periosteum
poly-	many, much	polymorphonuclear
post-	after, behind	post mortem, postnatal
pre-	before, in front of	precancerous, prenatal
pro-	before, forward	prodrome, prola= pse
pseudo-	false	pseudicyesis
re-	back, again	relapse, remission, recombinant d= na
retro-	behind, backward	retroperitoneal, retroflexion
sub-	under	subcutaneous
supra-	above, upper	suprathoracic<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, suprarenal glands
syn-, sym-	together, with	syndactyly, synthesis, syndrome, symbi= osis, symmetry, symphysis
tachy-	last	tachypnea
trans-	across, through	transfusion, transurethral
ultra-	beyond, excess	ultrasonography
uni-	one	unilateral