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Ch. 1
Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- (ie. aphasia) | not |
| an- (ie. anemia) | not |
| anti- (ie. antibiotics) | against |
| contra- (ie. contraceptive) | against |
| de- (ie. dehydration) | down, away from |
| ante- (ie. antepartum) | before |
| pre- (ie. precondition) | before |
| pro- (ie. probiotic) | before, on behalf of |
| brady- (ie. bradycardia) | slow |
| tachy (ie. tachycardia) | fast |
| post- (ie. postpartum) | after |
| re- (ie. rehabilitation) | again |
| ab- (ie. abduct) | away |
| ad- (ie. adduct) | toward |
| circum- (ie. circumcision) | around |
| peri- (ie. pericardium) | around |
| dia- (ie. diagnostic) | through |
| trans- (ie. translate) | through |
| e- (ie. evoke) | out |
| ec- (ie. ectopic) | out |
| ex- (ie. exhale) | out |
| ecto- (ie. ectoderm) | outside |
| exo- (ie. exoskeleton) | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| en- (ie. enema) | in, inside |
| endo- (ie. endocrine) | in, inside |
| intra- (ie, intravenous) | in, inside |
| epi- (ie. epididymus) | upon |
| sub- (ie. subcutaneous) | beneath |
| inter- (ie. intercostal) | between |
| bi- (ie. bilateral) | two |
| hemi- (ie. hemiplegia) | half |
| semi- (ie. semilunar) | half |
| hyper- (ie. hyperthermia) | over |
| hypo- (ie. hypothermia) | under |
| macro- (macrotia) | large |
| micro- (ie. microdontia) | small |
| mono- (ie. monocyte) | one |
| uni- (ie. unisex) | one |
| oligo- (ie. oligomenorrhea) | few |
| pan- (ie. pancytopenia) | all |
| poly- (ie. polygraph) | many |
| multi- (ie. multicellular) | many |
| con- (ie. congestion) | with, together |
| syn- (ie. syndrome) | with, together |
| sym- (ie. symmetry) | with, together |
| dys- (ie. dysentery) | bad |
| eu- (ie. euphoria) | good |