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MedVocab2
Chapter 1: Medical Vocabulary Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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ab- | away from: (abnormal) |
anti- | against: (antipyretic) |
anti- | against: (antiseptic) |
anti- | against: (antitussive) |
auto- | self: (autonomy) |
dis- | apart: (disinfectant) |
epi- | upon: (epidemic) |
ex- | out: (excision) |
in- | in, into: (incision) |
mal- | bad: (malformation) |
micro- | small: (microorganism) |
hetero- | different: (heterogeneous) |
a- | without: (asepsis) |
auto- | self: (autoclave) |
cac- | bad: (cachexia) |
centi- | a hundred: (centigrade) |
centi- | a hundred: (centimeter) |
dia- | through: (diagnosis) |
dia- | through: (diaphoresis) |
micro- | small: (microgram, microscope) |
milli- | one-thousandth: (milligram, milliliter) |
multi- | many, much: (multiform) |
neo- | new: (neopathy) |
para- | beside: (paracentesis) |
pro- | before: (prognosis) |
syn- | together, with: (syndrome) |
tri- | three: (triage) |