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CHAPTER 4
Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a; an | no, not, without |
| apnea | not able to breathe, temporary stoppge of breathing |
| aphasia | absence of or impairment of speech |
| atrophy | decrease in size of cells in organs. |
| anemia | lacking in red blood cells |
| amenorreah | absence of mentrual periods |
| ab- | away from |
| abnormal | pertains to being awy from the norm. Irregular |
| bradycardia | slow heartbeat |
| brady- | slow |
| dia- | compllete, through |
| diarrea | discharge of watery waste from the colon |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| dyspnea | painful breathing |
| dysphagia | difficult swallowing |
| dysphasia | impairment of speech |
| dysmenorrhea | difficult menstural flow |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| ec- | out, outside |
| ectopic pregnancy | development of the zygot outside of the uterus |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plagia | eating or swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| endometrium | inner lining of the uterus |
| proctosigtmoidoscopy | visual examination of the rectum and signoid colon |
| sigmoidoscopy | visual examinationm of the sigmoid colon |
| endo- | within, in, inner |
| endoscopy | process of veiwing the insides of hollow organs with endoscope |
| endocrine glands | glands that produce hormones |
| epi- | above, upon |
| epidural hematoma | mass of blood above the dura mater |
| epidermis | outer layer of skin |
| ex- | out |
| excision | to cut out |
| extra- | outside of |
| extrahepatic | pertaining to the outside of the liver |
| hemi- | half |
| hemigasrectomy | removal of half the stomach |
| hemiplegia | parylysis to half of the body |
| dura mater | outermost membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| hypertrophy | enlargement of an organ as a result of increase in cells |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hyprglycemia | excessive sugar in blood |
| hypoglycemia | too little sugar in blood |
| inter- | pertaining to between two backbones |
| intra- | within |
| intrauterine | pertaining to within the uterus |
| intravenus | pertaining to within the veins |
| mal- | bad |
| malignant | cancerous tumors that invade or spread |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| metastasis | spread of cancerous tumor to distant parts of the body |
| -stasis | change of place |
| metacarpals | bones between wrist and fingers |
| neo- | new |
| neoplasm | new growth of tissue; tumor |
| neoplastic | pertaining to a new growth |
| neonatal | pertainig to new birth |
| para- | beside, near, along the side of |
| parathyroid glands | 4 endrocrine glands behind the thyroid gland |
| MICU | medical intensive care |
| PICU | pediactric intensive care |
| SICU | surgical intensive care |
| surfacant | substance to inflate lungs |
Created by:
Jeannie-Snyder
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