Common prefix Flashcards
A
Without, away from
Asepsis
Without living organism
An
Without
Anencephalic
Without a brain
Ana
Up, towards
Anaphylactic
Exaggerating in the reaction to antigen
Anti
Against
Antibacterial
Prevents the growth of bacteria
Ante
Before
Antemortem
Before death
Auto
Self
Auto-immune
Against the immunity of the individuals tissue
Brady
Slow
Bradycardia
Slow heartbeat
Dys
Painful, abnormal
Endo
Within, inner
Endoabdominal
Within the abdominal
Epi
Upon or over
Epicondyle
Projective over or near the condyle
Eu
Normal or good
Eupepsia
Normal digestion
Ex
External or outwards
Extra
Outside of
Exhale
Breathe out
Extra corporeal
Outside the body
Hetero
Different
Heterograft
Graft skin graft using donor skin from one species to another
Homograft
Skin graft using donor skin from one person to another
Hyperglycemia
High blood sugar
Hypoglycemic
Low blood sugar
Demyelination
Loss of myelin
Interdental
Between teeth
Intramuscular
Within the muscles
Microplasia
Stunted growth
Neonatal
Newborn
Prenatal
Before birth
Peraxillary
Through axilla
Isometric
Same dimensions
Periappendicitis
Inflammation of tissue surrounding appendix
Postmortem
After death
Prodrome
Symptoms occurs before disease shows up
Pseudopregnancy
Presence of all signs and symptoms of pregnancy without presence of fetus
Reflux
Backward flow
Retroversion
Turning backward
Subcutaneous
Beneath skin
Tachycardia
Rapid heartbeat
Transocular
Across the eye
Ultrasonic
Relating to energy waves of higher frequency than sound waves
Unconscious
Not conscious
Primigravida
Pregnant woman for the first time
Unicellular
Organism composed of single cell
Diplegia
Paralysis affecting both sides of body
Bicuspid
Having two cups
Hemiplegia
Paralysis on one side of the body
Monoclonal
Cell colony arising from a single cell
Multiarticular
Involving many joints
Nulligravida
Woman that never get pregnant
Panplegia
Total paralysis
Polyarteritis
Inflammation of a number of arteries
Quadriplegia
Paralysis of all four limbs
Semiconscious
Drowsy and inactive but not in a full coma
Tricuspid valve
Has three flaps
Tetramer
Oligomer formed from four monomers
Diplopia
Double vision
Pluriglandular
Of several glands
Superinfection
Second infection occurs after or on top of earlier infections
Dextrocardia
Location of heart in right side of chest
Sinistrad
Moving towards left
Ectopic
Outside normal position
Excise
To cut out
Mesencephalon
Midbrain
Synapse
Junction between two nerve cells
Homo
Same
Hyper
Over above
Hypo
Under below
De
Without
Inter
Among between
Intra
Within inside
Macro
Large
Micro
Small
Neo
New
Pre
Before in front of
Per
Through
Iso
Equal same
Peri
Around
Post
After
Pro
Before
Pseudo
False
Re
Again
Retro
Backward behind
Sub
Below under
Tachy
Fast
Trans
Through across
Ultra
Beyond excess
Un
Not
Prim/I-
First
Uni
One
Di
Two
Bi
Three
Hemi
Half
Mono
One single
Multi
Many
Nulli
None
Pan
All
Poly
Many
Quadri
Four
Semi
Partial half
Tri
Three
Tetra
Four
Diplo
Double
Pluri
Several more
Super
Above excess
Dextr/o
Right
Sinistr/o
Left
Ecto
Out outside
Ex/o
Away from
Mes/o
Middle
Syn
Together