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MEDT 1

Prefixes - Chapter 3

TermDefinition
endo/crine secretes within
intra/muscul/ar within the muscles
epi/derm/is above or upon the skin
hypo/derm/ic under the skin
infra/cost/al below the ribs
sub/cutane/ous under the skin
inter/cost/al between the ribs
retro/version turning backward
para/nas/al beside the nose
super/ior above or the upper part of a structure
supra/ren/al above the kidney
ultra/son/ic sound beyond
ecto/gen/ous forming outside
exo/tropia turning outward
extra/crani/al outside the cranium (skull)
circum/ren/al around the kidney
peri/odont/al around a tooth
dia/rrhea flow through
trans/vagin/al through the vagina
ab/duction movement away from body
ad/duction movement toward the body
micro/scope instrument for examininng small objects
mono/therapy one treatment
uni/nucle/ar one nucleus
multi/gravida a woman who has been pregnant more than once
poly/phobia many fears
quadri/plegia paralysis of four
tri/ceps three heads
bi/later/al two sides
dipl/opia double vision
diplo/bacteri/al bacteria linked together in pairs
hemi/plegia one half of the body is paralyzed
hyper/calc/emia excessive calcium in the blood
macro/cyte large cell
auto/graft transplant to self
brady/cardia slow heart rate
dys/tocia difficult childbirth
eu/pnea normal breathing
anti/bacteri/al against bacteria
contra/ception against conceiving
a/mast/ia without a breast
an/esthesia without feeling
tachy/pnea rapid breathing
hetero/graft transplant from different species
homo/graft transplant from same species
homeo/plasia formation or growth of same (or similar tissue)
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