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HSCI 131
Chapter 3 Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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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) |