Chapter 2 Flashcards
Ab-
From, away from
Example: ABerrant (wandering away from)
Ad-
Toward, increase
Example: ADduct (movement toward the midline of the body)
Alb-
White
Example: ALBino (person who has marked deficiency of pigment in the eyes, hair, and skin; abnormally white skin)
Albin/o
White
Example: ALBINism (condition of abnormally white skin: characterized by absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eye)
Ambi-
Both, both sides
Example: ANBIdextrous (able to use both hands well)
An-
Without, not, no
Example: ANesthesia (without feeling)
Ante
Before, in front
Example: ANTEcubital (“the space” in front of the elbow)
Anti-
Against
Example: ANTIdote (a drug or other substance that opposes [works against] the action of a poison)
Auto-
Self
Example: AUTOgraft (a graft transferred from one part of a patients body to another)
Bi-
Two, double
Example: BIcuspid ( having two cusp or points)
Bio-
Life
Brady-
Slow
Chlor/o
Green
Circum-
Around
Cirrh/o
Yellow, tawny
Con-
Together, with
Contra-
Against
Cyan/o
Blue
De-
Down, from
Example: to come down from
Dia-
Through
Example: knowledge through testing
Dis-
Free of, to undo
Example: dislocation (displacement [undoing] of any part of the body from its normal position)
Dys-
Bad, difficult, painful, disordered
Ecto-
Outside
Example: outsides it normal location.
Endo-
Within, inner
Eosin/o
Red, rosy
Example: EOSINophil (bilobed leukocyte that stains a red, rosy color with an acid dye)
Epi-
Upon, over
Erythr/o
Red
Example: mature red blood cell
Eu-
Well, easily, good, normal
Ex-
Out, away from, outside
Exo-
Outside, outward
Extra-
Outside, beyond
Example: outside the liver
Glauc/o
Gray, silver
Glaucoma (disorder of the eye due to increased intraocular pressure; creates dull gray gleam of the affected eye)
Hemi-
Half
Hetero-
Different
Homeo-
Likeness, same
Homo-
Same
Hydro-
Water
Hyp-
Under, below, beneath, less than normal.
Hyper-
Excessive
Hypo-
Under, below, beneath, less than normal.
Idio-
Individual
Im-
Not
In-
In, inside, within, not
Example: not capable
Acquired during intrauterine life
Infra-
Beneath, below, under
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within
Jaund/o
Yellow
Juxta
Near, beside
Leuk/o
White
Melan/o
Black
Meso-
Middle
Example: Middle of three layers of skin
Meta-
Beyond, after
Milli-
One- thousandth
Example: one thousandth of a liter
Mono-
One
Example: a white cell with a singular nucleus
Multi-
Many
Example: to bear many “children”
Non-
Not
Example: not invaded
Pan-
All
Example: inflammation of the entires heart
Para-
Near, beside, beyond, two like parts
Example: near or beside the cervix
Per-
Through
Example: striking through
Peri-
Around
Polo/o
Gray
Example: inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
Poly
Many, much, excessive
Example: inflammation of many joints
The excretion of large amounts of [much] urine
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before, in front
Example: the region “of the chest wall” in front of the heart
Primi-
First
Example: first pregnancy
Pseudo-
False
Purpur-
Purple
Quadri-
Four
Example: paralysis of all four extremities
Re-
Back, again
Retro-
Backward, behind
Rube-
Red
Example: fine red rash
Semi-
Half
Example: half conscious
Sub-
Under, above
Example: under the skin
Supra-
Above, over
Example: above or over the pubic area
Sym-
Joined, together
Example: symptoms joined by a common cause “running together)
Tachy-
Rapid
Trans-
Across, through
Tri-
Three
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
Uni-
One
Example: “a cell” having one nucleus
Xanth/o
Yellow
Example: any yellow coloration of the skin
A-
Without, not, no
Example: Apnea (without breathing)
