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Chapter 2 Prefixes
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | without no not |
| ab | from away from |
| ad | toward increase |
| alb | white |
| albin/o | white |
| ambi | both both sides |
| an | without not to |
| ante | before in front |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bi | two double |
| bio | life |
| brady | slow |
| chlor/o | green |
| circum | around |
| cirrh/o | yellow tawny |
| con | together with |
| con | together with |
| contra | against contraindication against what is indicated |
| cyan/o | blue cyanoderma bluish disclororation of the skin |
| de | down from descend to come down from |
| dia | through diagnosis knowledge thru testing |
| dis | free of-to undo dislocation displacement from normal condition |
| dys | bad difficult painful dyspnea difficult breathing |
| ecto | outside ectopic outside it's normal location |
| endo | within inner endoscope instrument to look into the body |
| eosin/o | red rosy eosinophil bilobed leukocyte |
| epi | upon over epigastric region over the stomach |
| erythr/o | red erythrocyte mature red blood cell |
| eu | well, easily, good normal eupnea (normal breathing) |
| ex | out away from outside exhale to breathe out |
| exo | outside outward exogenous originating outside of the body |
| extra | outside beyond extrahepatic outside of the liver |
| glauc/o | gray silver glaucoma disorder of the eye due to increased pressure |
| hemi | half hemiplegia paralysis of one half side of the body |
| hetero | different heterogeneous composed of dfrnt or unlike substances |
| homeo | same likeness homeostasis a relative constancy (likeness) in the internal environment of the body |
| homo | same homogenesis having the same origins |
| hydro | water hydrocephalus an abnormal accumulation of fluid within the head |
| hyp | under below beneath less than normal hypoxemia less than normal blood oxygen l |
| hyper | excessive hyperemesis excessive vomiting |
| hypo | under below beneath less than normal hypoglycemia less than normal blood sugar low blood sugar level |
| idio | individual idiosyncrasy an individual sensitive to a drug caused by inheritance |
| im | not impotence |
| in | in inside within not incompetent not capable |
| INFRA | beneath below under infraorbital beneath the bony cavity in which the eyeball is located |
| inter | between intercoastal betwen the ribs |
| intra | within intravenous within a vein |
| jaund/o | yellow jaundice yellow discoloration of the skin |
| juxta | near beside juxtaarticular pertaining to a location near a joint |
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