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HSCI 131
Chapter 3 Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pre- | before (prenatal: pertaining to before birth) |
| peri- | around (perinatal:pertaining to around birth) |
| post- | after (postnatal: pertaining to after birth) |
| nat- | birth |
| epi- | above, upon (epigastric: pertaining to above the stomach) |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient (hypodermic: pertaining to under the skin |
| infra- | under, below (infracostal: below the ribs) |
| cost | ribs |
| sub- | under, below (subnasal: under the nose) |
| inter- | between (intercostal: between the ribs) |
| post- | after, behind (postnatal: pertaining to after birth) |
| pre- | before, in front of (prenatal) |
| pro- | before, in front of (prognosis: knowing before) |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| retro- | backward, behind (retroversion: turning backwards) |
| -version | turning |
| bi- | two |
| later | side |
| dipl- | double (diplopia: double vision) |
| diplo- | double |
| hemi- | one half (hemiplegia: paralysis of one half of the body) |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal (hyper/calc/emia: excessive calcium in the blood) |
| calc | calcium |
| -emia | blood condition |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one (monotherapy:one treatment) |
| uni- | one (uninuclear: pertaining to one nucleus) |
| multi- | many, much (multigravida: woman who has been pregnant more than once) |
| poly- | many, much (polyphobia: fear of many things) |
| nulli- | none (nulligravida: woman who has not been pregnant |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| primi- | first (primigravida: woman during her first pregnancy) |
| quadri- | four (quadriplegia: paralysis of 4 limbs) |
| tri- | three (triceps: three heads) |
| -ceps | head |
| ab- | from, away from (abduction: movement of a limb away from the body) |
| ad- | toward (adduction: movement of a limb toward the body) |
| circum- | around (circumrenal: pertaining to around the kidney) |
| peri- | around (periodontal: pertaining to around a tooth |
| odont- | teeth |
| dia- | through, across (diarrhea: flow through) |
| trans- | through, across (transvaginal: pertaining to across or through the vagina) |
| ecto- | outside, outward (ectogenous: forming outside the body or structure |
| exo- | outside, outward (exotropia: turning outward |
| extra- | outside, outward (extracranial:pertaining to outside the skill) |
| crani- | skull |
| endo- | in, within (endocrine: secrete within) |
| -crine | secrete |
| intra- | in, within (intramuscular: within the muscle) |
| para- | near, beside, beyond (paranasal: beside the nose) |
| super- | upper, above (superior: pertaining to the upper part of a structure) |
| supra- | above, excessive, superior (suprarenal: pertaining to above the kidney |
| ultra- | excess, beyond (ultrasonic: pertaining to sound beyond what can be heard by a human ear) |
| a- | without, not (amastia: without a breast) |
| mast | breast |
| an- | without, not (anesthesia: without feeling) |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| anti- | against (antibacterial: against bacteria) |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| contra- | against (contraception: against conception or impregnation) |
| brady- | slow (bradycardia: slow heart rate) |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult (dystocia: difficult childbirth) |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| eu- | good, normal (eupnea: normal breathing) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| hetero- | different (heterograft: different transplant) |
| -graft | transplantation |
| homo- | same (homograft: same transplant) |
| homeo- | same (homeoplasia: formation of new tissue similar to that already existing in a part) |
| mal- | bad (malnutrition: bad nutrition) |
| pan- | all (panarthritis: inflammation of all joints) |
| pseudo- | false (pseudocyesis: false pregnancy) |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| syn- | union, together, joined (syndactylism: condition of joined fingers or toes) |
| dactyl | fingers, toes |
| -ism | condition |
| tachy- | rapid (tachypnea: rapid breathing) |
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