Medical Terminology Chapter 4 Prefixes

combining form meaning wrist bones

combining form meaning meals

combining form meaning to cut

combining form meaning rib

combining form meaning skin

combining form meaning fingers, toes

combining form meaning to lead, carry

combining form meaning to bend

combining form meaning forking, branching

combining form meaning tongue

combining form meaning sugar

combining form meaning protection

combining form meaning shape, form

combining form meaning death

combining form meaning birth

combining form meaning to bind, tie, connect

combining form meaning rule, order

combining form meaning oxygen

combining form meaning pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

combining form meaning infection

combining form meaning sleep

combining form meaning sound

combining form meaning to put, place

combining form meaning nipple

combining form meaning thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named)

combining form meaning place, position, location

combining form meaning poison

combining form meaning windpipe, trachea

combining form meaning urethra

suffix meaning embryonic, immature

suffix meaning to secrete

suffix meaning to run

suffix meaning coming together; to pour

suffix meaning substance that produces

suffix meaning to slide, fall, sag

suffix meaning breakdown, destruction, separation

suffix meaning to measure

suffix meaning to send

suffix meaning one who

suffix meaning oxygen

suffix meaning birth, labor

suffix meaning to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

suffix meaning to grow

suffix meaning development, formation, growth

suffix meaning structure or formation

suffix meaning breathing

suffix meaning falling, drooping, prolapse

suffix meaning flow, discharge

suffix meaning stopping, controlling

suffix meaning development, nourishment

prefix meaning no, not, without

prefix meaning away from

prefix meaning toward

prefix meaning up, apart

prefix meaning self, own

prefix meaning two

prefix meaning slow

prefix meaning down

prefix meaning with, together

prefix meaning against, opposite

prefix meaning down, lack of

prefix meaning through, complete

prefix meaning bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

prefix meaning out, outside, (sometimes away from)

prefix meaning in, within, into

prefix meaning upon, on, above

prefix meaning good, normal

prefix meaning half

prefix meaning excessive, above

prefix meaning deficient, under

prefix meaning not or into, within

prefix meaning beneath, under

prefix meaning between

prefix meaning large

prefix meaning bad

prefix meaning beyond change

prefix meaning small

prefix meaning new

prefix meaning all

prefix meaning abnormal, beside, near

prefix meaning surrounding

prefix meaning many, much

prefix meaning after, behind

prefix meaning before, forward, in front of

prefix meaning back, again

prefix meaning behind, backward

prefix meaning above, upper

prefix meaning together, with

prefix meaning fast

prefix meaning across, through

prefix meaning beyond, excess

prefix meaning one

a foreign substance or virus; stimulates the production of antibodies

protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens

reaction between an antigen and an antibody where an antigen(virus) enters the body causing the production of antibodies which in turn attach to and destroy the antigens that produced them

dead/weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies which remain in our blood to protect against those specific antigens when encountered in the future

a type of antigen-antibody reaction; if a person is positive in this they have a protein coating (antigen) on their RBCs and if a person is negative in this their RBCs lack this factor's antigens; both conditions are normal

also known as erythroblastosis fetalis, this disease occurs in newborns whose Rh factors are different than the mother and therefore attacked by her antibodies so they try to form new immature RBCs called erythroblasts

a clinical sign of HDN where there's yellow skin pigmentation; results from excessive destruction of RBCs

produced by hemoglobin within cells when the RBCs break down (hemolysis); high levels of this in the bloodstream (hyperbilirubinemia) can cause jaundice; decomposed by bright lights

an irregularity in a structure or organ; examples include webbed fingers or toes, heart defects, and clubbed feet; some are hereditary and others by factors present during pregnancy

the process of taking a gene (region of DNA) from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism; ex: these are used to manufacture insulin outside of the body

a method of producing multiple copies of a single gene, which is an important tool in recombinant DNA technology

a group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality

a syndrome characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin

syndrome that is an inherited connective tissue disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with long, "spidery" fingers and toes (arachnodactyly), elongated head, and heart, blood vessel, and ophthalmic abnormalities

procedure where a portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument (resectoscope) passed through the urethra; procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination

a diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves (inaudible sound waves) to produce an image of an organ or tissue; a machine records ultrasonic echoes as they pass through different types of tissue

ultrasound images of the heart

a fetal ultrasound image