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Prefixes & their usage

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Prefix
Meaning
Example word
Definition
a, an   without, not   afebrile   without fever  
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a, an   without, not   anesthesia   without sensation  
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bio   life   bioavailability   amount of drug that reaches body tissues  
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bio   life   bioethics   field of study related to the ethics of transplanting, prolonging & ending life  
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brady   slow   bradycardia   slow heartbeat  
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tachy   fast   tachycardia   fast heartbeat  
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de   take away, remove   dehydrate   take away water  
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re   put back   recurrence   a return of symptons,(put back to a former state)  
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dia   through (running through)   diarrhea   excessive & frequent evacuation of loose, watery stool  
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dia   through (running through)   diuresis   discharge of unusually large amounts of urine  
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hemi   one-side, half   hemiplegia   one-sided paralysis  
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hemo   blood   hematemesis   vomiting blood  
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hemo   blood   hemolysis   breakdown of red blood cells  
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hydro   water   hydrate   supply water  
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hyper   too much, high   hypertension   high blood pressure  
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hypo   low; not enough; under   hypothyroid   insufficient production of thyroid hormones  
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lip   fat   lipoma   fat tumor (fat cancer cells)  
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poly   much; many   polycystic   many cysts  
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pre   before   prenatal   before birth  
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pro   preceding   prognosis   a prediction of the outcome of a disease  
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pro   coming   prodromal   early symptons indicating the onset of a disease  
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post   following, after   postoperative   after an operation  
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acro   extremities; top; or extreme point   acrodermatitis   skin inflammation of extremities  
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aero   air   aerobic   presence of air  
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aniso   unequal   anisocytosis   a condition of unequal cells  
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dys   bad, painful, or difficult   dysplasia   abnormal cell growth  
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dys   bad, painful or difficult   dystocia   difficult labor  
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eu   good, easy   euphoria   exaggerated feeling of well being  
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eu   good, easy   euthanasia   easy death  
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hetero   different   heterogeneous   of unlike nature, composition & structure  
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homo   same   homophobia   fear of homosexuality  
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homo   same   homogeneous   the same in nature, structure & composition  
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homo   same   homeostasis   a stable state in the internal environment of the body  
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iso   equal or same   isotonic   a state of equal pressure of concentration  
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megalo-; -megaly   enlarged   megalocardia   an enlarged heart  
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meno   menses (menstruation)   dysmenorrhea   painful menstruation  
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noct; nyct   night   nocturia   urinating at night  
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pan   all, every   pandemic   epidemic of great proportions  
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sym   going together; united   sympton   a complaint; evidence of a disease  
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syn   going together; united   syndrome   group of symptons characteristic of a disease  
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