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Prefix Flashcards

1
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Means away from
Ex: to take away from the midline

A

Ab
Ex:abduction

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2
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Means difficult painful or bad
Ex: means difficult eating or swallowing

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Dys
Ex: dysphasia

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Means within or inside
Ex: means to secrete internally

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Endo
Endocrine

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4
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Means elevated higher or more than normal
Ex: means elevated amounts of blood glucose

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Hyper
Hyperglycemia

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5
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Means between
Means between the ribs

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Inter
Intercostal

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6
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Means many or excessive
Ex: means excessive amounts or frequency of urination

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Poly
Polyuria

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7
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Means before
Pertaining to before anesthesia

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Pre
Pre anesthesia

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Means below under or less
Means under the tongue

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Sub
Sublingual

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Means without or no
Means without injury

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A
Atramatic

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10
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Without or no
Absence of urine

A

An
Anuria

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11
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Ad
Adduction

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Means toward
Means toward the midline

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12
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Anti
Antiemetic

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Against
Work against or prevent vomiting

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13
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Eu
Euthyroid

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Good easy or normal
Having a normally function thyroid gland

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14
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Without out of outside or away from
Secrete externally

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Ex(exo)
Exocrine

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Means outside
Is an organism that lives on the outer surface of the host

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Ecto
Ectoparasite

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16
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Means depressed lower or less than normal
Is depressed amounts of blood glucose

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Hypo
Hypoglycemia

17
Q

Means within
Within the muscle

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Intra
Intramuscular

18
Q

Scant or little
Scant amount or frequency of urination

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Olygo
Oligura

19
Q

Means after
Pertaining to after anesthesia

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Post
Post anesthetic

20
Q

Mean above beyond or excessive
More than the regular number
Means above the shoulder blade

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Super
Supra
Supernumerary
Superscapular

21
Q

Upper

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Epi

22
Q

Outside

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Extra

23
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Beyond

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Meta

24
Q

Throughput

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Per

25
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Across

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Trans

26
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Above increased or more than normal

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Ultra

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