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Medical terminology
Parts I through III
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Modifies a stem and changes the meaning: the size, location, instensity, color, negation, size or position. | Prefix |
| Peri | Surrounding |
| Ec or ecto | outside |
| Em or en (empyema) | Inside or within, Empyema is pus within a body cavity |
| Retro, post | Behind |
| Anti | Against |
| Hemi or Semi | Half |
| oligo | scant |
| Hypo | under, below, low |
| Hyper | high |
| Leuko | white |
| Erythro | red |
| cyano | blue |
| Melano | dark or black |
| Microcardia | Small heart |
| macroscopic | can be seen with the naked eye |
| microscopic | cannot be seen with the naked eye |
| mega or macro | large |
| antero | in front of |
| latero | side |
| anterolateral | In the front and to one side |
| dextrocardia | having the heart on the right side of the body |
| levoversion | the act of turning to the left |
| dextrocardia | having the heart on the right side of the body |
| levoversion | the act of turning to the left |