Module 3/Chapter 18/Prefixes
Terms
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- an/o-
- anus
- carp/o-
- carpals (wrist bones)
- cis/o-
- to cut
- cost/o-
- ribs
- cutane/o-
- skin
- dur/o-
- dura mater, the outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
- gen/o-
- to produce
- men/o-
- menses, the monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus
- nat/i-
- birth
- norm/o-
- rule, order
- peritone/o-
- peritoneum, the membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen
- plas/o-
- formation, growth, development
- scapul/o-
- scapula, a shoulder blade
- son/o-
- sound
- thyroid/o-
- thyroid gland
- top/o-
- to put, place, position
- troph/o-
- development, nourishment
- uter/o-
- uterus
- ven/o-
- vein
-
a-
an- - without, not, no
- ana-
- up, apart
- neo-
- new
- ben-
- good
- ultra-
- beyond
- meta-
- beyond, next, change
- pro-
- before, forward
- urethr/o-
- urethra, tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body
- ureter/o-
- ureters - tubes leading from kidney to bladder
- ante-
- before, forward
- dys-
- abnormal, bad, painful
- dia-
- through, complete
- ec-
- outside, out
- con-
- with, together
- epi-
- above, upon
- ex-
- out
- infra-
- below, under
- intra-
- within
- peri-
- surrounding
- quadri-
- four
- trans-
- through, across