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Prefixes-Nursing

Medical

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a-, an- apnea, anuria no, not, without
ab- abduct away from
ad- adduct toward
ante- antepartum before, forward
anti- antibiotic against
auto- autoimmune self, own
bi- bilateral two
brady- bradycardia slow
con- connective with, together
contra- contraception against, opposed
de- dehydration down, laack of, less, removal of
dia- diameter through, between, complete
dys- dyspnea difficult, bad, painful, abmornal
ec-, esto- ectopic pregnancy out, outside
endo- endocardial inside, in, within
epi- epithelium upon, above, on
eu- eupnea good, well, normal
hemi- hemiplegia half
hyper- hypertension high, too much, excessive
hypo- hypoglycemia low, less than, below, deficient, under
inter- intercostal between
infra- inframaxillary beneath, below, inferior to
intra- intravenous within, into
macro- macrophage large
micro- microscope small
neo- neonate new
pan- panhysterectomy all
para- parathyroid near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of
per- percutaneous through
peri- pericardium around, surrounding
poly- polyuria many, much
post- postmortem after, behind
pre- prenatal before, in front of
retro- retroflexion backward, behind, back
sub- subcutaneous under, less than, below
super-, supra- superinfection above, in addition to, upper
tachy- tachycardia fast, rapid
trans- transfusion across, through
ultra- ultrasound beyond, excess
Created by: sacotton
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