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HLTH ch.5
prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pro | before time or in place |
| di (numbers or quantity) | two |
| tetra (numbers or quantity) | four |
| ana (numbers or quantity) | excessive, upward or again |
| diplo (numbers or quantity) | double |
| pan (numbers or quantity) | all |
| super (numbers or quantity) | excessive |
| dia | through |
| ecto | out, without, away from |
| exo | out, without, away from |
| extra | out, without, away from |
| en | inside |
| end | inside |
| endo | inside |
| infra | beneath, under |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| ipsi | same |
| para | near, beside, or abnormal |
| per | through or by |
| retro | behind backward |
| post | after, behind |
| super (position or direction) | above, beyond |
| supra (position or direction) | above, beyond |
| sym (position or direction) | joined, together |
| syn (position or direction) | joined, together |
| trans | across |
| in | not or inside |
| ana | upward or again |
| contra | against |
| brady | slow |
| dys | dad, difficult |
| eu | good, normal |
| mal | bad |
| pro (related to description) | favoring, supporting |
| tachy | fast |
| centigrade/celsius | temperature scale, 0 degrees freezing point and 100 degrees is boiling point |
| ultrasonic | sound frequencies so high they cannot be perceived by the human ear |
| ultraviolet | light beyond the visible spectrum and its violet end |
| transdermal drug | a drug that can be absorbed trough unbroken skin |
| ectopic pregnancy | embryo implants outside the uterus |
| syndrome | a set of symptoms that occur together and collectively characterize a particular disease or condition |
| microtia | unusually small size of the external ear |
| analysis | separation of substances into their component parts or elements. Informal term for psychoanalysis |
| Malaise | vague feeling of bodily discomfort and fatigue |
| lethargy | state of dullness, sluggishness, or prolonged sleepiness or drowsiness |
| fatigue | state of exhaustion or loss of strength or endurance |
| euphoria | feeling or state of well being |
| dysphoria | characterized by depression and anguish |
| malnutrition | any disorder of nutrition |
| megadose | dose that greatly exceeds the amount described or recommended |
| megalocyte | extremely large erythrocyte |
| microcyte | abnormally small erythrocyte |
| analeptic | drug that acts as a cns stimulant, such as coffee |
| semicoma | stupor from which the patient may be aroused |
| nullipara | woman who has never born a viable child, |
| -para | woman who has borne viable offspring |
| pandemic | widespread epidemic of a disease, occurring widely throughout a region |
| primigravidia | women pregnant for the first time |
| primi | first |
| monovision | correcting one eye for near vision and the other eye for far vision |
| ectopic | situated in an unusual place; sometimes occurring at the wrong time |
| hypoalgesia | reduced sensitivity to pain |
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btuehara
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