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Med Voc Ch 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mono-, uni- | one |
| bi-, di- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four |
| centi- | one hundred or one-hundredth |
| milli- | one-thousandth (1/1000) |
| diplo- | double |
| hemi-, semi- | half, partly |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| multi-, poly- | many |
| null- | none |
| pan- | all |
| primi- | first |
| super, ultra- | excessive |
| diplopia | double vision |
| hyperactive | excessively active |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante-, pre- | before in time or in place |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| dia- | through |
| ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra- | out, without, away from |
| en-, end-, endo- | inside |
| epi- | above, on |
| hypo-, intra-, sub- | beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ipsi- | same |
| meso-, mid-, medio- | middle |
| para- | near, beside, or abnormal |
| per- | through or by |
| post- | after, behind |
| retro- | behind, backwards |
| super-, supra- | above, beyond |
| sym-, syn- | joined together |
| trans- | across |
| abduct | to carry away by force or draw away from a given position |
| postnasal | lying or occuring behind the nose |
| transdermal | a drug is one that can absorbed through unbroken skin |
| enclose | to close up inside something |
| suprarenal glands | are located above the kidneys |
| subcutaneous | beneath the skin |
| intramuscular | within a muscle |
| intradermal | with the dermis, the layer of skin that contains the blood vessels |
| intravenous | within a vein |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| in- | not or inside (in) |
| hydrous | containing water |
| anhydrous | absence of water |
| atraumatic | not inflicting or causing damage or injury |
| marco-, mega-,megalo- | large or great |
| micro- | small |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| post- | after or behind |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, diffcult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| mal- | bad |
| pro- | favoring, supporting |
| tachy- | fast |
| postanesthetic | the time after anesthetic is administered |
| macroscopic | structures are large enough to be seen by the naked eye |
| microscopic | structures are so small they can only be seen with a microscope |
| microtia | usually small size of the external ear |
| bradyphasia | abnoramally slow manner of speech |
| tachyphasia | rapid speech, as may be present in the manic phase of biopolar disorder. |
| dyslexia | diffcutly in reading, often reversing letter or distinguishing letter sequences |
| euphoria | feeling or state of well-being |
| dysphoria | charcterized by depression and anguish |
| microtia | usually small size of the external ear |
| a.c | before meals |
| ad lib. | freely as needed, at pleasure |
| Aq. | water |
| b.i.d | twice a day |
| b.i.n | twice a night |
| Noct. | night |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| PO | by mouth |
| p.r.n | as the occasion arises, as needed |
| q.i.d | four times a day |
| stat. | immediately |
| t.i.d | these three times a day |
| anotia | congenital absence of one or both ears |
| asymptomatic | showing or causing no symptoms |
| centigrade | consisting of or having steps or degrees |
| celsius | a temperatrue scale in which 0 degrees is the freezing point of water and 100 degrees is the boiling point of water a sea level |
| contralteral | associated with a particular part on an opposite side |
| pandemic | a widespread epidemic of a disease |
| precancerous | used to describe an abnormal growth that is likely to become cancerous |
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