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Ch 3 Prefixes
medical terminology prefixes
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01/23/2013
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a/mast/ia
 Definition
without a breast
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ab/duction
 Definition
movement of a limb away from the body
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ad/duction
 Definition
movement of a limb toward the body
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an/esthesia
 Definition
without feeling
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anti/bacteri/al
 Definition
against bacteria
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bi/later/al
 Definition
pertaining to 2 sides
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brady/cardia
 Definition
slow heart rate
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circum/ren/al
 Definition
pertaining to around the kidney
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contra/ception
 Definition
against conception or impregnation
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dia/rrhea
 Definition
flow through
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dipl/opia
 Definition
double vision
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diplo/bacteri/al
 Definition
bacteria linked together in pairs
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dys/tocia
 Definition
difficult childbirth
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ecto/gen/ous
 Definition
forming outside the body or structure
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endo/crine
 Definition
secrete within
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epi/gastr/ic
 Definition
pertaining to above the stomach
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eu/pnea
 Definition
normal breathing
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exo/tropia
 Definition
turning outward (of one or both eyes)
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extra/crani/al
 Definition
outside the skull
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hemi/plegia
 Definition
paralysis of one half of the body
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hetero/graft
 Definition
different transplant
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homeo/plasia
 Definition
formation of new tissue similar to that already existing in a part
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homo/graft
 Definition
same transplant
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hyper/calc/emia
 Definition
excessive calcium in the blood
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infra/cost/al
 Definition
pertaining to the area below the ribs
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inter/cost/al
 Definition
pertaining to the area between the ribs
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intra/muscul/ar
 Definition
within the muscle
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macro/cyte
 Definition
large cell
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mal/nutrition
 Definition
bad nutrition
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micro/scope
 Definition
instrument for examining small objects
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mono/therapy
 Definition
one treatment
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multi/gravida
 Definition
woman who has been pregnant more than once
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pan/arthr/itis
 Definition
inflammation of all joint
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para/nas/al
 Definition
beside the nose
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peri/nat/al
 Definition
pertaining to the period around birth
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peri/odont/al
 Definition
pertaining to around a tooth
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poly/phobia
 Definition
fear of many things
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post/nat/al
 Definition
pertaining to the period after birth
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pre/nat/al
 Definition
pertaining to the period before birth
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primi/gravida
 Definition
woman during her first pregnancy
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pro/gnosis
 Definition
knowing before
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pseudo/cyesis
 Definition
false pregnancy
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quadri/plegia
 Definition
paralysis of 4 limbs
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retro/version
 Definition
turning backwards
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sub/nas/al
 Definition
pertaining to the area under the nose
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super/ior
 Definition
pertaining to the upper part of a structure
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supra/ren/al
 Definition
pertaining to above the kidney
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syn/dactyl/ism
 Definition
condition of joined fingers or toes
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tachy/pnea
 Definition
rapid breathing
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trans/vagin/al
 Definition
pertaining to across or through the vagina
Term
tri/ceps
 Definition
3 heads
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ultra/son/ic
 Definition
pertaining to sound beyond (that which can be heard by the human ear)
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uni/nucle/ar
 Definition
pertaining to one nucleus
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inter/dent/al
 Definition
between the teeth
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hypo/derm/ic
 Definition
pertaining to under the skin
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epi/derm/is
 Definition
above/over the skin
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sub/lingu/al
 Definition
below the tongue
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poly/dipsia
 Definition
excessive thirst
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supra/pelvic
 Definition
above the pelvis
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circum/duction
 Definition
around
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post/operative
 Definition
after surgery
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dys/pepsia
 Definition
difficult digestion
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tachy/cardia
 Definition
rapid heartbeat
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