Prefixes Contrasting Flashcards by Melissa Lyons

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Traumatic

A

Pertaining to injury

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Uria

A

Urination

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An (Ahb)

A

Away from

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Abduction

A

Take away from the midline

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Emetic

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Pertaining To Vomiting

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Days (Dihs)

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Difficult, painful or bad

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Dysphasia

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Difficulty eating or swallowing

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Endorse (ehn-do)

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Within or inside

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Endocrine

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Secrete internally

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Endoparasite

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An organism that lives within the body of the host

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Hyper (Hi-Per)

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Elevated, higher, or more than normal

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Hyperglycemia

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Elevated amounts of blood glucose

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Inter (Ihn-ter)

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Between

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Instercostal

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Between the ribs

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Poly (pohl-e)

A

Many or excessive

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Polyuria

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Excessive amount or frequency of urination

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Pre

A

Before

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Preanesthetic

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Pertaining to before anesthesia

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Sub (shub)

A

Below, under, less

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Sublingual

A

Under the tongue

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A (ah)

A

Without or no

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Atraumatic

A

Without injury

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An

A

Without or no

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Anuria

A

Absence of urine

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Ad

A

Toward

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Adduction

A

Move towards the midline

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Anti

A

Against

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Antiemetic

A

Work against or prevent vomiting

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Eu (yoo)

A

Good, easy, or normal

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Euthyroid

A

Having a normal functioning thyroid gland

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Ex

A

Without, out of, outside, away from

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Exocrine

A

Secrete externally (via a duct)

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Ecto

A

Outside

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Ectoparasite

A

An organism that lives on the outer surface of the host

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Hypo

A

Depressed, lower, or less than normal

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Hypoglycemia

A

Depressed amounts of blood gluclose

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Intra

A

Within

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Intramuscular

A

Within the muscle

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Oligo

A

Scant or little

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Oliguria

A

Scant amount of frequency of urination

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Post

A

After

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Postanesthetic

A

Pertaining to after anesthesia

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Super and Supra

A

Above, beyond, excessive

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Supernumerary

A

More than a regular number

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Suprascapular

A

Above the shoulder blade