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Unit 1 build words

Prefix/ word/ suffixdefinitionExample
Mono-, uni- ONE MONOCYTE/UNISEX
Bi- TWO BILATERAL
Tri- THREE TRICUSPID
Ab- AWAY ABDUCT
Ad- TOWARD ADRENALINE
Ecto-, exo- OUTSIDE ECTODERM/ EXOSKELETON
Endo- IN, INSIDE ENDOCRINE
Epi- UPON EPIDIDYMUS
Anterior or ventral The front ventral means stomach
Posterior or dorsal The back dorsal like a sharks back fin
Superior above your superior is above you
Inferior below if your inferior, your below
Lateral out to the side THINK OF A QUARTERBACK LATERALING A FOOTBALL TO A RUNNING BACK
Distal farther away from the center DISTAL AND DISTANT COME FROM THE SAME WORD AND MEAN FAR
Proximal closer to the center PROXIMAL AND APPROXIMATE COME FROM THE SAME WORD AND MEAN CLOSE
Ambi- both, around ambidextrous
Dys- bad dysentery
Eu- good euphoria
Homo- same, like homologous
Mal- bad Malignant
Iso- equal, same isotonic
-algia pain myalgia
-emia blood condition anemia
-itis inflammation arthritis
-lysis loosen, break down hemolysis
-oid resembling keloid
-opathy disease myopathy
-pnea breathing apnea
-centesis puncture aminocentesis
-ectomy removal vasectomy
-ostomy creation of an opening colostomy
-otomy incision dermotomy
-orrhaphy suture herniorrhaphy
-opxey surgical fixation retinopexy
-oplasty reconstruction rhinoplasty
-otripsy crushing, disintegration lithotripsy
Created by: nikfin
 

 



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