Prefixes & their usage
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a, an | without, not | afebrile | without fever
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a, an | without, not | anesthesia | without sensation
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bio | life | bioavailability | amount of drug that reaches body tissues
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bio | life | bioethics | field of study related to the ethics of transplanting, prolonging & ending life
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brady | slow | bradycardia | slow heartbeat
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tachy | fast | tachycardia | fast heartbeat
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de | take away, remove | dehydrate | take away water
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re | put back | recurrence | a return of symptons,(put back to a former state)
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dia | through (running through) | diarrhea | excessive & frequent evacuation of loose, watery stool
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dia | through (running through) | diuresis | discharge of unusually large amounts of urine
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hemi | one-side, half | hemiplegia | one-sided paralysis
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hemo | blood | hematemesis | vomiting blood
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hemo | blood | hemolysis | breakdown of red blood cells
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hydro | water | hydrate | supply water
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hyper | too much, high | hypertension | high blood pressure
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hypo | low; not enough; under | hypothyroid | insufficient production of thyroid hormones
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lip | fat | lipoma | fat tumor (fat cancer cells)
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poly | much; many | polycystic | many cysts
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pre | before | prenatal | before birth
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pro | preceding | prognosis | a prediction of the outcome of a disease
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pro | coming | prodromal | early symptons indicating the onset of a disease
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post | following, after | postoperative | after an operation
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acro | extremities; top; or extreme point | acrodermatitis | skin inflammation of extremities
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aero | air | aerobic | presence of air
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aniso | unequal | anisocytosis | a condition of unequal cells
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dys | bad, painful, or difficult | dysplasia | abnormal cell growth
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dys | bad, painful or difficult | dystocia | difficult labor
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eu | good, easy | euphoria | exaggerated feeling of well being
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eu | good, easy | euthanasia | easy death
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hetero | different | heterogeneous | of unlike nature, composition & structure
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homo | same | homophobia | fear of homosexuality
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homo | same | homogeneous | the same in nature, structure & composition
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homo | same | homeostasis | a stable state in the internal environment of the body
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iso | equal or same | isotonic | a state of equal pressure of concentration
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megalo-; -megaly | enlarged | megalocardia | an enlarged heart
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meno | menses (menstruation) | dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation
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noct; nyct | night | nocturia | urinating at night
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pan | all, every | pandemic | epidemic of great proportions
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sym | going together; united | sympton | a complaint; evidence of a disease
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syn | going together; united | syndrome | group of symptons characteristic of a disease
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