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Medical Terminology - Lesson 6 - A thru H Prefixes & Suffixes

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Term
Definition
A, An   show
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Ab   show
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show Toward (adventure = toward a venture)  
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Algia   show
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Ante   show
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show Against (antibiotic, antifreeze)  
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Bi   show
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Brady   show
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show Around (circumnavigate; circumrenal = around the kidney)  
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Co, Con   show
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show Down, Away from (dehydrate = away from hydration)  
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Desis   show
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show Through (diagonal; diaplacental = through the placenta)  
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show Difficult; Abnormal (dysfunctional; dysemia = abnormal blood)  
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Ecto   show
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show Excision (to cut out & remove) (tonsillectomy)  
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show Within (endoskeleton = body support of inside skeleton; endogastric = within the stomach)  
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show Outer, on top of, over (epicurean; epigastric = top of stomach)  
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show Away from (exotic = away from the usual; exophthalmus = eyes bulging away from)  
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Extra   show
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show Iron (ferrokinetics = study of iron metabolism)  
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show Before, front, front-facing (forehead, forecast)  
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show Shape of (reniform = kidney-shaped)  
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Graphy   show
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show Half (hemisphere = half of a sphere; hemiparesis = paralysis to one half of the body)  
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show Water (hydrophobia = fear of water; hydrate = increase water concentration and/or content)  
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Hyper   show
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Hypo   show
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