Prefix /Specific Quality About a Term Flashcards
a, an / aphasia
without or absence of / absence of speaking
brady / bradycardia
slow / abnormally slow heart rate
circum / circumflex
around / bending around something else
dys / dyslexia
bad,abnormal,difficult, painful / learning ability w/ impaired reading, spelling & writing ability.
eu / eupnea
normal or good / normal or good breathing
heter, hetero / hetersexual person
different / one who prefers to have sex with a different gender than their own.
hyper / hypertension
excessive, abnormally high or above / abnormally high blood pressure
hypo / hypothyroidism
deficient, abnormally low or below / abnormally low levels of thyroid hormones
macro / macrocytosis
large / blood cells that are abnormally large.
mal / malabsorption
bad / bad absorption
mega, megalo / megalocyte
larger or great / large cell
micro / microscopy
small / procedure of observing objects to small to be seen by the naked eye.
neo / neonate
new / newborn, within the first 28 days of life
pseudo / pseudocyesis
false / false pregnancy
tachy / tacycardia
rapid,fast /rapid heart rate