Chapter 4 Prefixes Flashcards
ab
away from
a, an
no, not, without
ad
toward; near
ana
up apart
ante
before; forward
anti
against
bi
two; both
brady
slow
con
with; together
dia
complete
dys
bad; painful
ec
out; outside
epi
above, upon
hemi
half
hyper
excessive, too much
hypo
deficient, too little
ex
out
extra
outside of
in
in, into
endo
within, in, inner
high blood pressure is _________tension
hyper
Mass of blood above the membrane surrounding the brain is an ___dural hematoma
epi
A pregnancy that is usually located in a Fallopian tube is an ___topic pregnancy
ec
condition of excessive blood sugar is ___emia
hypergly
condition of deficient blood sugar is _______emia
hypoglyc
Gland that secrete hormones within the body are _____crine glands
endo
Increase in development often casued by overuse of a muscle or organ is hyper____
Trophy
Paralysis of half of the body related to a stroke is ____plegia
hemi
intra
in, into
mal
bad
para
beside; near
peri
surrounding
poly
many; much
inter
between
meta
change; beyond
neo
new
post
after
ultra
beyond
pre
before
pro
before; forward
quadri
four
sub
under; less than
tachy
fast
uni
one
re
back; behind
retro
back; behind
syn
with; together
tri
three
subscapular
pertaining to under the scapula
transabdominal
pertaining to across or through the abdomen
retroperitoneal
pertaining to behind the peritonium
subcutaneous
pertaining to under the skin
intervertebral
pertaining to between the vertebrae
dys and mal both mean
bad
hypo and sub both mean
under
epi and hyper both mean
above
con and syn both mean
with
ultra and meta both mean
beyond
ec and extra both mean
outside
endo intra and in all mean
within
post, re , retro all mean
behind
uni mean
one
bi means
two
tri means
three
