Prefix Flashcards

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1
Q

Hemi-

A

Half

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2
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A-/ an-

A

Not
Eg. Apnea

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3
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Ante-

A

Before

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4
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Anti-

A

Against

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5
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Auto-

A

Self

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6
Q

Brady-

A

Slowly
Eg. Bradycardia

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7
Q

Dia-

A

Through/ complete

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8
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Dys-

A

Painful/ difficult
Poor/ abnormal

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9
Q

Endo-

A

Within

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10
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Exo-

A

Outside

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11
Q

Hyper-

A

Excessive

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12
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Hypo-

A

Less than normal

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13
Q

Macro-

A

Very large

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14
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Mega-

A

Abnormally large

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15
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Multi-

A

Many
Eg. Multicellular

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16
Q

Peri-

A

Surrounding

17
Q

Post-

A

After

18
Q

Pre-

A

Before

19
Q

Pro-

A

Before/ forward

20
Q

Re-

A

Back

21
Q

Retro-

A

Behind

22
Q

Sub-

A

Below

23
Q

Tachy-

A

Rapid

24
Q

Trans-

A

Across/ through

25
Q

Para-

A

Lower half

26
Q

Quadri-
(Quadriplegia)

A

Four limbs
(Condition of having paralysis in the four limbs)

27
Q

Pan-
(Panplegia)

A

Total Paralysis
Total

28
Q

Pseudo-
(Pseudoparalysis)

A

False
False paralysis

29
Q

Eu-
(Eupnea)

A

Easy/ true

30
Q

-al

A

Pertaining to

31
Q

-ac

A

Pertaining to