Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
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1
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A-
An-
A
No, not, without
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Ab-
A
Away from
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Ad-
A
Toward
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Ana-
A
Up, apart
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Ante-
A
Before, forward
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Anti-
A
Against
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Auto-
A
Self, own
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Bi-
A
Two
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Brady-
A
Slow
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Cata-
A
Down
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Con-
A
With, together
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Contra-
A
Against, opposite
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De-
A
Down, lack of
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Dia-
A
Through, complete
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Dys-
A
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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Ec-
A
Out, outside
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Endo-
A
In, within
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Epi-
A
Upon, on, above
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Eu-
A
Good, normal
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Ex-
A
Out, outside
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Hemi-
A
Half
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Hyper-
A
Excessive, above
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Hypo-
A
Deficient, under
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In-
A
Not
Ex. Insomniac
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In-
Into, within
Ex. Incision
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Infra-
Beneath, under
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Inter-
Between
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Intra-
In, within, into
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Macro-
Large
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Mal-
Bad
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Meta-
Beyond, change
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Micro-
Small
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Neo-
New
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Pan-
All
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Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
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Per-
Through
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Peri-
Surrounding
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Poly-
Many, much
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Post-
After, behind
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Pre-
Before, in front of
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Pro-
Before, forward
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Pros-
Before, forward
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Re-
Back, again
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Retro-
Begins, backward
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Sub-
Under
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Supra-
Above, upper
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Syn-, sym-
Together, with
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Tachy-
Fast
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Trans-
Across, through
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Ultra-
Beyond, excess
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Uni-
| Mono-
One
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Semi-
| Hemi-
Half
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Multi-
| Poly-
Many
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Prim-
First
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Diplo-
Double
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Micro-
Small
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Medi-
Middle
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Post-
After, behind
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Exo-
Ecto-
Extra-
Outside
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Circum-
Surrounding
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Pseudo-
False
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Homo-
Same
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Herero-
Different
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Pan-
All
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Ism-
Condition, state
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Ic-
| Ical-
Pertaining to
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What is an antigen?
Usually foreign substance, stimulates production of antibodies
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What are antibodies?
Protein substance made by white blood cell due to presence of foreign antigens
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What is immune response?
Reaction between antigen and antibody
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What is Rh condition?
Someone that’s Rh+ has antigen on red blood cells. Born with it, and normal.
People who are Rh- have normal red blood cells, but their red cells lack Rh factor antigen
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What is congenital anomaly?
Anomaly is an irregularity in structure or organ
| Some are hereditary or produced during pregnancy
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What is recombination DNA technology?
Process of taking a gene from one organism as insert into DNA of different organism
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What is polymerase chain reaction (PCR)?
Producing multiple copies of a single gene, very important
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What is a syndrome?
Group of signs/symptoms that appear together to produce typical clinical picture of ideas or inherited abnormality
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What is transurethral resection of prostate gland (TURP)?
Portion of prostate gland is removed with an instrument and passed through the urethra
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What is ultrasonography?
Diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves produce image of organ or tissue
