Chapter 4 Prefixes Flashcards

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

a/pnea- not breathing
an/oxia- no, without oxygen

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

ante/cib/um - before meal
ante/parteum - before birth/labor

ante/orbit/al -pertaining to the front or forward eye

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

de/hydra/tion - process or action of lacking water
deescalate- calm down

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

dys/lexia - difficulty reading
dys/function -bad or abnormal function
dys/meno/rrhea -painful menstruation
dys/enter/y - condition of bad diarrhea

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16
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ec-

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out, outside

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en-, endo-

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in, within

en/capsulate
endo/cardi/tis

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

eu/pnea - normal breathing
eu/phoria - good feelings

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

ex/cis/ion - process to cut out
ex/cis/e- cut away from or cut out entirely
exo/crine glands - glands that secrete outside the body

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hemi-

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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in, into, within, not
in/cis/ion - cut in/into
intravenous- within vein
insomnia - not sleeping

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infra-
beneath, under infra/cost/al - pertaining to under or beneath the ribs infra/umbilic/al - pertaining to beneath or under the belly button
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inter-
between inter/vertebr/al -pertaining to between the vertebrae inter/cost/al muscles -muscles between the ribs
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intra-
in, within, into
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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meta-
beyond, change
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all pansexual - all sexes and genders
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para-
abnormal, beside, near paravaginal -beside or near the vagina parathyroid -beside, near (adjacent) to the thyroid paralysis-abnormal loosening of muscles
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per-
through per/cutane/ous -pertaining to through the skin
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peri-
surrounding
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of preanesthetic -before the administration of anesthesia preanal - situated infront of the anus precancerous cells are infront of the cervix before they turn into cancer
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pro-
before, forward
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pro- / pros-
before, forward pro/drome - symptoms before disease prostate gland is infront of the bladder or before it
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re-
back, again re/laps -fall back resect -cut again, cut back recombinant DNA- backward engineering DNA
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retro-
behind, backward
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sub-
under
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supra-
above, upper
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syn-, sym-
together, with
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tachy-
fast
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trans-
across, through
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ultra-
beyond, excess ultra/son/o/grahy- processes of recording using excessive sound waves ultrasonic beyond human hearing unltrafiltration -excesive filtration or filtration beyond normal measures
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uni-
one