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MedVocab2
Chapter 1: Medical Vocabulary Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab- | away from: (abnormal) |
| anti- | against: (antipyretic) |
| anti- | against: (antiseptic) |
| anti- | against: (antitussive) |
| auto- | self: (autonomy) |
| dis- | apart: (disinfectant) |
| epi- | upon: (epidemic) |
| ex- | out: (excision) |
| in- | in, into: (incision) |
| mal- | bad: (malformation) |
| micro- | small: (microorganism) |
| hetero- | different: (heterogeneous) |
| a- | without: (asepsis) |
| auto- | self: (autoclave) |
| cac- | bad: (cachexia) |
| centi- | a hundred: (centigrade) |
| centi- | a hundred: (centimeter) |
| dia- | through: (diagnosis) |
| dia- | through: (diaphoresis) |
| micro- | small: (microgram, microscope) |
| milli- | one-thousandth: (milligram, milliliter) |
| multi- | many, much: (multiform) |
| neo- | new: (neopathy) |
| para- | beside: (paracentesis) |
| pro- | before: (prognosis) |
| syn- | together, with: (syndrome) |
| tri- | three: (triage) |