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Ch 3 Prefixes
Measurement Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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Macro (macro/cephaly) | Large |
Micro (Micro/cephaly, Micro/scope) | Small |
Ab (ab/duction, ab/sent, ab/normal) | From, away from |
Ad (add/i/tion, ad/here) | Toward |
Circum, Peri (Circum/ference, Circum/navigate, Peri/cardium, Peri/o/dontal) | Around |
Dia, Trans (Dia/rrhea, Dia/meter, Trans/portation) | Through, across |
Ultra (Ultra/sound, Ultra/violet) | Excess, Beyond |
A, An (an/emia, an/o/rexia) | Without, not |
Anti (anti/bacterial, anti/social) | Against |
Brady (Brady/cardia) | Slow |
Tachy (Tachy/pnea) | Fast |
Dys (Dys/function, Dys/lexia) | Bad, painful, difficult |
Mal (Mal/nutrition, Mal/ignant) | Bad, evil |
Eu (You) (Eu/pnea, Euthanasia) | Good |
Heter/o (Heter/o/geneous, Heter/o/sexual) | Different |
Homo, Allo (Homo/graft, All/o/graft) | Same |
Syn (Syn/o/nym, Syn/thesis) | With, together |
Pre (pre/natal, pre/surgical) | Before |
Post (post/natal, post/mortem, post/pone) | After |