CHAPTER 3: POSITION OR DIRECTION (Prefix) Flashcards
away from
ab-
toward
ad-
before in time or in place
ante-, pre-
around
circum-, peri-
against or opposed
contra-
through
dia-
out, without, away from
ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
inside
en-, end-, endo-
above, on
epi-
beneath, under
hypo-, infra-, sub-
between
inter-
same
ipsi-
middle
meso-, mid-
near, beside, or abnormal
para-
through or by
per-
after, behind
post-
behind, backward
retro-
above, beyond
super-, supra
joined, together
sym-, syn-
across
trans-
means to carry away by force or to draw away from a given position.
abduct
- now called chemical dependancy.
- one is “drawn toward” a habit-forming drug.
- one has a compulsive physiologic need for a certain drug.
addiction
is an outer room that is generally entered before a more important room.
anteroom
pertain to the area in front of (literally, “before in place”) the kidney.
prerenal
is the outer boundary or the line that is drawn around the outside of an area.
perimeter
is the line that is drawn around a circle.
circumference
means affecting the opposite side
contralateral
passes through the center of the circle
diameter
is to carry or send away to another place.
export
the skeletons of some animals, such as insects, are on the outer surface and are called…
exoskeleton
means outside a nucleus
extranuclear
means to close up inside ;something, hold in, or include.
enclose
means within the trachea.
endotracheal
if often inscribed on the tombstone or above the grave of the person buried there.
epitaph
means pertaining to the area below the skin.
hypodermic
injection places a small amount of medication below the skin layer into the subcutaneous tissue.
subcutaneous injection
is a space of time between events.
interval
activities are those within a college engaged in by members of a college
intracollegiate
means pertaining to or affecting the same side of the body
ipsilateral
is the middle of three tissue layers that form during the development of an embryo.
mesoderm
two lines run beside each other
parallel lines
is to excrete fluid through the pores of the skin
perspire
means allowing certain substance to pass through
perspire
is to assign a date to something after the date it actually occurred, such as when one postdates a check.
postdates
means lying or occurring behind the nose
postnasal
means extending back to a prior time or condition
retroactive
means looking backward in time or surveying the past
retrospection
means on a or near the surface
superficial
pertains to a location above each kidney
suprarenal
is a set of symptoms that occur together and collectively characterize a particular disease or condition.
syndrome
two organisms of different species beneficially live together
symbiosis
is one that can be absorbed through (or across) unbroken skin, such as the nitroglycerin patch to relieve angina pectoris, chest pain caused by heart disease.
transdermal
