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MA Terminology Prefi
Question | Answer |
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A- An- | Without |
Ab- | Away from Abducted |
Ad- | Toward |
Ambi- Bi- | Both |
Ante- | Before |
Anti- | Against |
Auto- | Self |
Bi- | Two, twice, double |
Brady- | Slow |
Circum- | Around |
Contra- | Against |
De- | Down |
Dys- | Abnormal Painful Difficult Bad |
Endo- | Within Inside |
Epi- | Above on |
Eu- | Normal Good |
Ex- Extra- Exo- | Outside of |
Hemi- | Half |
Hyper- | Above Excessive Increased High |
Infra- | Beneath |
Inter- | Between Among Interstate |
Intra- | Within During Intrastate |
Levo- | To the left |
Macro- | Large |
Mal- | Bad |
Mega- | Exceptionally large |
Meso- | Middle |
Meta | Over Beyond |
Micro- | Small |
Mono- | One |
Multi- | Many |
Neo- | New |
Nulli- | None Nul&void |
Peri- | Around Covering the bone |
Poly- | Many Slot Excessive |
Post- | After Behind |
Pre- Pro- | Before In front of |
Presby- | Older age |
Primi- | First |
Pseudo- | False/mirror Pseudosymptoms - false symptoms |
Quadri- | Four |
Retro- | Behind In back of |
Sten- | Narrowed |
Sub- | Under Submarine |
Super- Supra- | Above Excess |
Sym- Syn- | Together With |
Tachy- | Fast |
Trans- | Across |
Tri- | Three |
Uni- | One |
Ultra- | Beyond Excess |
Ab- Movement | Away from |
Ad- Movement | Toward |
Circum- | Around |
Contra- | Against In opposition to |
De- Movement | Away from Down |
Ecto- Exo- | Outside |
Endo- | Within |
Epi- | Over Upon |
Anterior | Front of the body |
Bilateral | Pertaining to both sides |
Caudal Coccyx | Tail |
Cephalic | Head |
Dextro | Right Dominant side |
Distal | Farther away from Away from the middle; close to the end fingers/toes |
Dorsal recumbent position | Laying on the back with knees up & feet flat on the table |
Eversion | Turning outward or Inside out |
Extension | Bringing a limb to a straight position Outward from midline |
External | Outside |
Flexion | Bending a limb or body part at the joint Reflexing |
Fowlers position | Raising the head of the bed up to 90° Recliner chair |
Inferior | Below or directed downward Away from the skin or deep into the body |
Internal | Inside |
Knee-chest Knee-elbow | Drawing the knees up to the chest Little lamb - baby pose |
Lateral | Side Away from the middle(midline) |
Lithotomy position | Laying on the back, flexing the legs with abducted thighs See all of me at the OB |
Medial | Midline Middle of wherever |
Oblique | Slanting on an incline Side |
Peripheral | Outside the central area Away from the interior of the body |
Posterior | Back side |
Prone position | Laying on the abdomen Chest/belly down |
Proximal | Toward the midline (center) or point of attachment |
Quadrant | Dividing an area horizontally and vertically in 4 parts |
Recumbent | Laying down |
Rotation | Turning around an axis or flip over |
Sims' position | Lateral w/one knee bent & thigh up Sims I'm going in... rectal procedures |
Sinistro | Left Sinner/devils side |
Superior | Above or directed upward |
Supine position | Laying on the back or spine |
Trendelenburg position | Laying with the head lower than the legs |