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OHS Anatomy: Prefix
OHS Anatomy Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Away from | Ab- |
| Extremities | Acro- |
| Toward | Ad- |
| Glandular | Adeno- |
| Air | Aero- |
| Around, On both side | Ambi- |
| Starch | Amyl- |
| Before, Forward | Ante- |
| Against | Anti- |
| Double | Bi- |
| Bile | Bili- |
| Life | Bio |
| Twice, Two | Bis- |
| Arm | Brachio- |
| Slow | Brady- |
| Bronchus (pl. Bronchi) | Bronchus |
| Heart | Cardio- |
| Neck | Cervico- |
| Gall or Bile | Chole- |
| Gallbladder | Cholecysto- |
| Around | Circum- |
| Together | Co- |
| Against, Opposite | Contra- |
| Ribs | Costo- |
| Bladder | Cysto- |
| Cell | Cyto- |
| Half | Demi- |
| Skin | Derma- |
| From | Dis- |
| Back | Dorso- |
| Abnormal, Difficult | Dys- |
| Electric | Electro- |
| In, Into, Within | En- |
| Brain | Encephal- |
| Intestine | Entero- |
| Equal | Equi- |
| Red | Eryth- |
| Out, Out of, Away from | Ex- |
| Outside of, In addition to | Extra- |
| Iron | Ferro- |
| Fiber | Fibro- |
| Before, In front of | Fore- |
| Stomach | Gastro- |
| Tongue | Glosso- |
| Sugar | Glyco- |
| Half | Hemi- |
| Blood | Hemo- |
| Liver | Hepa-, Hepato- |
| Tissue | histo- |
| Same | Homo- |
| Water | Hydro- |
| Moisture | Hygro- |
| Too much, High | Hyper- |
| Under, Decreased | Hypo- |
| Uterus | Hyster- |
| Ileum | Ileo |
| In, Into, Within | In- |
| Between | Inter- |
| Within | Intra- |
| In, Into, Within | Intro- |
| Near, Close to | Juxta- |
| Abdomen | Lapar- |
| Larynx | Laryngo- |
| Side | Latero- |
| White | Leuk- |
| Large, Big | Macro- |
| Bad, Poor | Mal- |
| Breast | Mast- |
| Middle | Medio- |
| Great, Large | Mega-, Megalo- |
| Menses | Meno- |
| Single | Mono- |
| Many | Multi |
| Bone marrow, Spinal cord | Myelo- |
| Muscle | Myo- |
| New | Neo- |
| Kidney | Nephro- |
| Nerve | Neuro- |
| Nitrogen | Nitro- |
| Night | Noct- |
| Not | Non- |
| Against, In front of | Ob- |
| Eye | Oculo- |
| Tooth | Odonto- |
| Eye | Ophthalmo- |
| Straight, Normal | Ortho- |
| Mouth, Bone | Os- |
| Bone | Osteo- |
| Ear | Oto- |
| All | Pan- |
| Beside, Accessory to | Para- |
| Disease | Path- |
| Child, Foot | Ped- |
| By, Through | Per- |
| Around | Peri- |
| Pharynx | Pharyngo- |
| Vein | Phlebo |
| Light | Photo- |
| Diaphragm, Mind | Phren- |
| Air, Lungs | Pneumo- |
| Foot | Pod- |
| Many, Much | Poly- |
| After | Post- |
| Before | Pre- |
| Rectum | Proct- |
| False | Pseudo- |
| Mind | Psych- |
| Pelvis of the Kidney | Pyel- |
| Pus | Pyo- |
| Fever, Heat | Pyro- |
| Four | Quadri- |
| Radiation | Radio- |
| Back, Again | Re- |
| Kidney | Reno- |
| Backward | Retro- |
| Nose | Rhin- |
| Sacrum | Sacro- |
| Fallopian Tube | Salpingo- |
| Flesh | Sarco- |
| Hard, Hardening | Sclero- |
| Half | Semi- |
| Six | Sex- |
| Skeleton | Skeleto- |
| Narrowing, Constriction | Steno- |
| Under | Sub- |
| Above, Excess | Super- |
| Above | Supra- |
| Together | Syn- |
| Fast | Tachy |
| Thyroid Gland | Thyro- |
| Trachea | Trache- |
| Across, Over | Trans- |
| Three | Tri- |
| Beyond | Ultra- |
| Not, Back, Reversal | Un- |
| One | Uni- |
| Ureter | Uretero- |
| Urethra | Urethro- |
| Urine, Urinary Organs | Uro- |
| Vessel | Vaso- |
| without or not | a,an, ar |