Contrasting Prefixes Table 1.1 Flashcards by Jessie ... | Brainscape

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Traumatic

A

Pertaining to injury

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A or An

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Without or no

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Uria

A

Urination

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Abduction (Ab)

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Take away from the midline

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Adduction (Ad)

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Move toward the midline

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Emetic

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Pertaining to vomiting

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Anti

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Against

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Dys

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Difficult, painful, or bad

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty eating or swallowing

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Eu

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Good, easy, or normal

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Euthyroid

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Having a normally functioning thyroid gland

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Endo

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Within or inside

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Endocrine

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To secrete internally

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Ecto, Ex, or Exo

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Without, out of, outside, or away from

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Exocrine

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To secrete externally (through a duct)

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Endoparasite

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Organism that lives within the host body

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Hyper

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Elevated, higher, more than normal

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Hypo

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Depressed, lower, less than normal

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Hyperglycemia

A

Elevated amounts of blood glucose

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Hypoglycemia

A

Depressed or lower amounts of blood glucose

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Inter

A

Between

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Intra

A

Within

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Intercostal

A

Between the ribs

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Intramuscular

A

Within the muscle

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Poly

A

Many or excessive

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Polyuria

A

Excessive amount or frequent urination

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Oligo

A

Scant or little

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Oliguria

A

Little amount of frequency of urination

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Pre

A

Before

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Post

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After

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Peri

A

Around the time of

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Preanesthetic

A

Pertaining to before anesthesia

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Postanesthetic

A

Pertaining to after anesthesia

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Sub

A

Below, under, or less

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Super or supra

A

Above, beyond, or excessive

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Sublingual

A

Under the tongue

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Supernumerary

A

More than the regular number

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Suprascapular

A

Above the shoulder blade