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MED104 Study Guide 3
Prefix Megalist
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| de | down, away from |
| ante-, pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad | toward |
| circum-, peri-, par- | around |
| dia-, per- | through |
| e-, ec-, ex- | out |
| ecto-, exo-, extra- | outside |
| en-, endo-, intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| pachy- | thick |
| vrypt/o | hidden |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| xer/o | dry |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| melan/o | black |
| cyan/o | blue |
| alb/o | albino, white |
| auto- | self |
| xeno- | foreign |
| alkyl/o | stiff, bent |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| tax/o | order, arrangement |
| ton/o | tone |
| por- | pore |
| rheumat/o | rheumatic fever |
| phas/o | speech |
| gnos/o | know |
| hypno, somn/o | sleep |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| hem/i | half |
| caus- | burn |
| ambul- | walk |
| acr/o | heights |
| photo- | light |
| marco- | large |
| micro- | small |
| pseud/o | false |
| mono- | one |
| astro- | star |
| blast/o | sprout |
| gluc/o, glyc/o, glucos/o | sugar |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| ket/o | ketone body |
| men/o | menstrual |
| gyn/o | woman |
| galact/o | milk |
| dips/o | thirst |
| acid- | acid |
| alkal- | alkali |
| calci- | calcium |
| chlor- | chloride |
| kal- | potassium |
| natr- | sodium |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo | under |
| poikilo- | various |
| oligo- | few |
| trans- | through, across |
| dys- | bad |
| iso- | equal |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| viril- | man |
| poly- | many, excessive |
| eu- | good |
| para- | beside |
| syn- | together |
| phag/o | eat |
| rythid/o | wrinkle |
| sept- | rotting |
| prurit- | itching |
| myc- | fungus |
| actin- | sun ray |
| psor- | itch |
| necr/o | death |
| bi- | two |
| tel- | end |