chapter 1 's prefix list
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| a- | without, away from | |
| aphasia | without speech | |
| an- | without | |
| anoxia | without oxygen | |
| ante- | before, in front of | |
| antepartum | before birth | |
| anti- | against | |
| antibiotic | against life | |
| auto- | self | |
| autograft | graft from own body | |
| brady- | slow | |
| bradycardia | slow heartbeat | |
| dys- | painful, difficult | |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing | |
| endo- | within, inner | |
| endoscope | instr. to view within | |
| epi- | upon, over | |
| epigastic | over stomach | |
| eu- | normal, good | |
| eupnea | normal breathing | |
| hetero- | different | |
| heterograft | graft from someone else | |
| homo- | same | |
| homozygous | having two indentical genes | |
| hyper- | over, above | |
| hypertrophy | overdevelopment | |
| hypo- | under, below | |
| hypoglossal | under tongue | |
| infra- | under, below | |
| infraorbital | below the eye socket | |
| inter- | among, between | |
| intervertebral | between the vertebrae | |
| intra- | within, inside | |
| intravenous | within a vein | |
| macro- | large | |
| macrocephallic | having large head | |
| micro- | small | |
| microcephallic | having small head | |
| neo- | new | |
| neonate | newborn | |
| pan- | all | |
| pancarditis | inflammation of all heart | |
| para- | beside, near, beyond | |
| paranasal | near the nose | |
| per- | through | |
| percutaneous | through skin | |
| peri- | around | |
| pericardial | around the heart | |
| post- | after | |
| postpartum | after birth | |
| pre- | before, in front of | |
| prefrontal | in front of frontal bone | |
| pseudo- | false | |
| pseudocyesis | false pregnancy | |
| retro- | backward, behind | |
| retrogade | movement going backwards | |
| sub- | below, under | |
| subcutaneous | below skin | |
| super- | above, excess | |
| supernumeracy | above the normal number | |
| supra- | above | |
| suprapubic | above pubic bone | |
| tachy- | rapid, fast | |
| tachycardia | fast heartbeat | |
| trans- | through across | |
| transurethral | across urethra | |
| ultra- | beyond, excess | |
| ultrasound | high frenquency sound waves | |
| bi- | two | |
| bilateral | two sides | |
| hemi- | half | |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of body | |
| mono- | one | |
| monoplegia | paralysis of one extremity | |
| multi- | many | |
| multigravida | woman pregnant more than once | |
| nulli- | none | |
| nulligravida | woman with no pregnancies | |
| poly- | many | |
| polyuria | large amounts of urine | |
| quad- | four | |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of 4 extremities | |
| semi- | partial, half | |
| semiconscious | partially conscious | |
| tri- | three | |
| triceps | muscle with 3 heads | |
| uni- | one | |
| unilateral | one side |
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