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Medical
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- apnea, anuria | no, not, without |
| ab- abduct | away from |
| ad- adduct | toward |
| ante- antepartum | before, forward |
| anti- antibiotic | against |
| auto- autoimmune | self, own |
| bi- bilateral | two |
| brady- bradycardia | slow |
| con- connective | with, together |
| contra- contraception | against, opposed |
| de- dehydration | down, laack of, less, removal of |
| dia- diameter | through, between, complete |
| dys- dyspnea | difficult, bad, painful, abmornal |
| ec-, esto- ectopic pregnancy | out, outside |
| endo- endocardial | inside, in, within |
| epi- epithelium | upon, above, on |
| eu- eupnea | good, well, normal |
| hemi- hemiplegia | half |
| hyper- hypertension | high, too much, excessive |
| hypo- hypoglycemia | low, less than, below, deficient, under |
| inter- intercostal | between |
| infra- inframaxillary | beneath, below, inferior to |
| intra- intravenous | within, into |
| macro- macrophage | large |
| micro- microscope | small |
| neo- neonate | new |
| pan- panhysterectomy | all |
| para- parathyroid | near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of |
| per- percutaneous | through |
| peri- pericardium | around, surrounding |
| poly- polyuria | many, much |
| post- postmortem | after, behind |
| pre- prenatal | before, in front of |
| retro- retroflexion | backward, behind, back |
| sub- subcutaneous | under, less than, below |
| super-, supra- superinfection | above, in addition to, upper |
| tachy- tachycardia | fast, rapid |
| trans- transfusion | across, through |
| ultra- ultrasound | beyond, excess |