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