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Ch 2 Common Prefixes
Medical Terminology by Marjorie Canfield, Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
---|---|
a- | without aphonia |
an- | without (anaerobic) |
anti- | against, opposed to (anticoagulant) |
contra- | against, opposed to (contraception) |
de- | from, down, or not (decapitate) |
ab- | away from (abnormal) |
ad- | to, toward, or near (adhesion) |
circum- | around (circumvascular) |
peri- | around (periosteum) |
dia- | across or through (dialysis) |
trans- | across or through (transmission) |
e- | out or away (edentia) |
ec- | out or away (eccentric) |
ex- | out or away (excise) |
ecto- | outside (ectopic) |
exo- | outside (exocrine) |
extra- | outside (extravascular) |
en- | within (encapsulate) |
endo- | within (endoscope) |
intra- | within (intradermal) |
epi- | upon (epidermal) |
inter- | between (intercostal) |
meso- | middle (mesophormic) |
meta- | beyond, after, or change (metastasis) |
para- | alongside of or abnormal (paramedic) |
retro- | backward or behind (retrograde) |
sub- | below or under (sublingual) |
infra- | backward or behind (infraumbilical) |
bi- | two or both (bilateral) |
hemi- | half (hemicephalic) |
semi- | half (semilunar) |
hyper- | above or excessive (hyperlipemia) |
hypo- | below or deficient (hypothermia) |
macro- | large or long (macrocyte) |
micro- | small (microlith) |
mono- | one (monochromatic) |
uni- | one (unilateral) |
oligo- | few or deficient (oliguria) |
pan- | all (panacea) |
poly- | many (polyphobia) |
multi- | many (multicellular) |
quadri- | four (quadriplegia) |
super- | above or excessive (supernumerary) |
supra- | above or excessive (suprarenal) |
tri- | three (triangle) |
ultra- | beyond or excessive (ultrasonic) |
ante- | before (antepartum) |
pre- | before (premature) |
pro- | before (prognosis) |
brady- | slow (bradycardia) |
tachy- | fast (tachycardia) |
post- | after or behind (postoperative) |
re- | again or back (reactivate) |
con- | together or with (congenital) |
syn- | together or with (syndactylism) |
sym- | together or with (symbiosis) |
dys- | painful, difficult, faulty (dysphonia) |
eu- | good or normal (eugenic) |
neo- | new (neoplasia) |