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Chapter 1
Prefix
Term | Definition |
---|---|
a- ay | not aphasia |
an- an | not anemia |
anti- AN-tee | against antibiotics |
contra- KON-trah | against contraceptive |
de- dee | down, away from dehydration |
ante- an-tee | before antepartum |
pre- pree | before precondition |
pro- proh | before, on behalf of probiotic |
brady- brah-dih | slow bradycardia |
tachy- tak-ih | fast tachycardia |
post- pohst | after postpartum |
re- ree | again rehabilitation |
ab- ab | away abduct |
ad- ad | toward adrenaline |
circum- sir-kum | around circumcision |
peri- per-ee | around pericardium |
dia- dai-ah | through diagnostic |
trans- tranz | through translate |
e-eh | out evoke |
ec- ek | out ectopic |
ex- eks | out exhale |
ecto- ek-toh | outside ectoderm |
exo- ek-soh | outside exoskeleton |
extra- eks-trah | outside exoskeleton |
en- en | in, inside enema |
endo- en-doh | in, inside endocrine |
intra- in-trah | in, inside intravenous |
epi- eh-pee | upon epididymus |
sub- sub | beneath subcutaneous |
inter- in-ter | between intercostal |
bi- bai | two bilateral |
hemi- heh-mee | half hemiplegia |
semi- seh-mee | half semilunar |
hyper- hai-per | over hyperthermia |
hypo- hai-poh | under hypothermia |
macro- mak-roh | large macrotia |
micro- mai-kroh | small microdontia |
mono- maw-noh | one monocyte |
uni- yoo-nee | one unisex |
oligo- aw-lih-goh | few oligomenorrhea |
pan- pan | all pancytopenia |
poly- pawlee | many polygraph |
multi- mul-tee | many multicellular |
con- kon | with, together congestion |
syn- sin | with, together syndrome |
sym- sim | with, together symmetry |
dys- dis | bad dysentery |
eu- yoo | good euphoria |