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MH PREFIXES

COMMON MEDICAL PREFIXES

QuestionAnswerExample
A, AN, AR WITHOUT ARRHYTHMIA without rythm, irregular heartbeat
AB AWAY FROM ABDUCT
ANA AGAIN, UPWARD, BACK ANABOLISM builds complex molecules from simpler ones
ANISO UNEQUAL ANISOCYTOSIS unequal amount of RBC
ANTE BEFORE, IN FRONT OF ANTECUBITAL front surface of the forearm
ANTI AGAINST ANTISEPTIC
AUTO SELF AUTOLOGOUS
BI TWO BICUSPID
BIO LIFE BIOLOGY
BRADY SLOW BRADYCARDIA
CATA DOWN CATABOLISM breaks down lrg molecules into smaller ones
CYAN BLUE CYANOTIC
DIA ACROSS, THROUGH DIAPEDESIS the passage of blood cells through capillary walls into the tissues
DORSO BACK DORSAL
DYS DIFFICULT DYSPNEA difficult breathing
ENDO IN, WITHIN, INSIDE ENDOSCOPE an instrument to look inside the body
EPI ON, OVER, UPON EPIDERMIS top layer of skin
ERYTHR RED ERYTHROCYTE red blood cells
EXO OUTSIDE EXOCRINE
EXTRA OUTSIDE EXTRAVASCULAR
HETERO DIFFERENT HETEROSEXUAL
HOMO SAME HOMOGENEOUS
HOMEO SAME HOMEOSTASIS maintain internal stability
HYPER TOO MUCH, HIGH HYPERTENSION high blood pressure
HYPO LOW, UNDER HYPOGLYCEMIA low glucose
INTRA WITHIN INTRAMUSCULAR within a cell
INTER BETWEEN INTERCELLULAR situated among cels.
ISO EQUAL, SAME ISOTHERMAL consistant temperture
LATER SIDE LATERAL
MACRO LARGE, LONG MACROCYTE large RBC
MAL POOR MALNUTRITION
MEDI MIDDLE MEDIAL
MICRO SMALL MICROCYTE small RBC
MID MIDDLE MIDLINE
MONO ONE MONONUCLEAR having only one nucleus
NEO NEW NEONATAL new birth
PER THROUGH PERCUTANEOUS performed through the skin
PERI AROUND PERICARDIUM membrane around the heart
POLY MANY, MUCH POLYURIA excessive secretion of urine
POST AFTER POSTPRANDIAL after meal
PRE BEFORE PRENATAL before birth
SEMI HALF SEMILUNAR
SUB BELOW, UNDER SUBCUTANEOUS tissue below mucus membrane
SUPRA ABOVE SUPRAPUBIC situated above the pubis
TACHY RAPID, FAST TACHYCARDIA fast heart rate
TRI THREE TRICUSPID three triangular flaps of tissue
Created by: LyndaZ
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