click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
HW CH 3A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pre | before |
| nat | birth |
| al | pertaining to |
| prenatal | pertaining to (the period) before birth |
| peri | around |
| nat | birth |
| al | pertaining to |
| perinatal | pertaining to (the period) around birth |
| post | after |
| nat | birth |
| al | pertaining to |
| postnatal | pertaining to (the period) after birth |
| endo | in within |
| crine | secrete |
| endocrine | a gland that secretes directly into the bloodstream |
| intra | in within |
| muscul | muscle |
| ar | pertaining to |
| intramuscular | pertaining to within the muscle |
| hypo | under below deficient |
| derm | skin |
| ic | pertaining to |
| hypodermic | pertaining to under the skin |
| infra | under below |
| cost | ribs |
| al | pertaining to |
| infracostal | pertaining to below the ribs |
| sub | under below |
| cutane | skin |
| ous | pertaining to |
| subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin |
| inter | between |
| cost | ribs |
| al | pertaining to |
| intercostal | pertaining to between ribs |
| retro | backward behind |
| version | turning |
| retroversion | turning behind |
| bi | two |
| later | side |
| al | pertaining to |
| bilateral | pertaining to two sides |
| diplo | double |
| opia | vision |
| diplopia | double vision |
| diplo | double |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| al | pertaining to |
| diplobacterial | pertaining to bacteria linked together in pairs |
| hemi | one half |
| plegia | paralysis |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one half |
| hyper | excessive, above normal |
| calc | calcium |
| emia | blood condition |
| hypercalcemia | excessive calcium in the blood |
| macro | large |
| cyte | cell |
| macrocyte | large cell |
| micro | small |
| scope | instrument for examining small (objects) |
| microscope | optical instrument that greatly magnifies minute objects |
| mono | one |
| therapy | treatment |
| monotherapy | one treatment |
| uni | one |
| nucle | nucleus |
| ar | pertaining to |
| uninuclear | pertaining to one nucleus |
| multi | many much |
| gravida | pregnant women |
| multigravida | woman who have been pregnant more than once |
| poly | many much |
| phobia | fear |
| poly phobia | fear of many things |
| quadri | four |
| plegia | paralysis |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of four |
| tri | three |
| ceps | head |
| triceps | three heads |