Prefix Flashcards
Means away from
Ex: to take away from the midline
Ab
Ex:abduction
Means difficult painful or bad
Ex: means difficult eating or swallowing
Dys
Ex: dysphasia
Means within or inside
Ex: means to secrete internally
Endo
Endocrine
Means elevated higher or more than normal
Ex: means elevated amounts of blood glucose
Hyper
Hyperglycemia
Means between
Means between the ribs
Inter
Intercostal
Means many or excessive
Ex: means excessive amounts or frequency of urination
Poly
Polyuria
Means before
Pertaining to before anesthesia
Pre
Pre anesthesia
Means below under or less
Means under the tongue
Sub
Sublingual
Means without or no
Means without injury
A
Atramatic
Without or no
Absence of urine
An
Anuria
Ad
Adduction
Means toward
Means toward the midline
Anti
Antiemetic
Against
Work against or prevent vomiting
Eu
Euthyroid
Good easy or normal
Having a normally function thyroid gland
Without out of outside or away from
Secrete externally
Ex(exo)
Exocrine
Means outside
Is an organism that lives on the outer surface of the host
Ecto
Ectoparasite
Means depressed lower or less than normal
Is depressed amounts of blood glucose
Hypo
Hypoglycemia
Means within
Within the muscle
Intra
Intramuscular
Scant or little
Scant amount or frequency of urination
Olygo
Oligura
Means after
Pertaining to after anesthesia
Post
Post anesthetic
Mean above beyond or excessive
More than the regular number
Means above the shoulder blade
Super
Supra
Supernumerary
Superscapular
Upper
Epi
Outside
Extra
Beyond
Meta
Throughput
Per
