Common prefix Flashcards
1
Q
A
A
Without, away from
2
Q
Asepsis
A
Without living organism
3
Q
An
A
Without
4
Q
Anencephalic
A
Without a brain
5
Q
Ana
A
Up, towards
6
Q
Anaphylactic
A
Exaggerating in the reaction to antigen
7
Q
Anti
A
Against
8
Q
Antibacterial
A
Prevents the growth of bacteria
9
Q
Ante
A
Before
10
Q
Antemortem
A
Before death
11
Q
Auto
A
Self
12
Q
Auto-immune
A
Against the immunity of the individuals tissue
13
Q
Brady
A
Slow
14
Q
Bradycardia
A
Slow heartbeat
15
Q
Dys
A
Painful, abnormal
16
Q
Endo
A
Within, inner
17
Q
Endoabdominal
A
Within the abdominal
18
Q
Epi
A
Upon or over
19
Q
Epicondyle
A
Projective over or near the condyle
20
Q
Eu
A
Normal or good
21
Q
Eupepsia
A
Normal digestion
22
Q
Ex
A
External or outwards
23
Q
Extra
A
Outside of
24
Q
Exhale
A
Breathe out
25
Extra corporeal
Outside the body
26
Hetero
Different
27
Heterograft
Graft skin graft using donor skin from one species to another
28
Homograft
Skin graft using donor skin from one person to another
29
Hyperglycemia
High blood sugar
30
Hypoglycemic
Low blood sugar
31
Demyelination
Loss of myelin
32
Interdental
Between teeth
33
Intramuscular
Within the muscles
34
Microplasia
Stunted growth
35
Neonatal
Newborn
36
Prenatal
Before birth
37
Peraxillary
Through axilla
38
Isometric
Same dimensions
39
Periappendicitis
Inflammation of tissue surrounding appendix
40
Postmortem
After death
41
Prodrome
Symptoms occurs before disease shows up
42
Pseudopregnancy
Presence of all signs and symptoms of pregnancy without presence of fetus
43
Reflux
Backward flow
44
Retroversion
Turning backward
45
Subcutaneous
Beneath skin
46
Tachycardia
Rapid heartbeat
47
Transocular
Across the eye
48
Ultrasonic
Relating to energy waves of higher frequency than sound waves
49
Unconscious
Not conscious
50
Primigravida
Pregnant woman for the first time
51
Unicellular
Organism composed of single cell
52
Diplegia
Paralysis affecting both sides of body
53
Bicuspid
Having two cups
54
Hemiplegia
Paralysis on one side of the body
55
Monoclonal
Cell colony arising from a single cell
56
Multiarticular
Involving many joints
57
Nulligravida
Woman that never get pregnant
58
Panplegia
Total paralysis
59
Polyarteritis
Inflammation of a number of arteries
60
Quadriplegia
Paralysis of all four limbs
61
Semiconscious
Drowsy and inactive but not in a full coma
62
Tricuspid valve
Has three flaps
63
Tetramer
Oligomer formed from four monomers
64
Diplopia
Double vision
65
Pluriglandular
Of several glands
66
Superinfection
Second infection occurs after or on top of earlier infections
67
Dextrocardia
Location of heart in right side of chest
68
Sinistrad
Moving towards left
69
Ectopic
Outside normal position
70
Excise
To cut out
71
Mesencephalon
Midbrain
72
Synapse
Junction between two nerve cells
73
Homo
Same
74
Hyper
Over above
75
Hypo
Under below
76
De
Without
77
Inter
Among between
78
Intra
Within inside
79
Macro
Large
80
Micro
Small
81
Neo
New
82
Pre
Before in front of
83
Per
Through
84
Iso
Equal same
85
Peri
Around
86
Post
After
87
Pro
Before
88
Pseudo
False
89
Re
Again
90
Retro
Backward behind
91
Sub
Below under
92
Tachy
Fast
93
Trans
Through across
94
Ultra
Beyond excess
95
Un
Not
96
Prim/I-
First
97
Uni
One
98
Di
Two
99
Bi
Three
100
Hemi
Half
101
Mono
One single
102
Multi
Many
103
Nulli
None
104
Pan
All
105
Poly
Many
106
Quadri
Four
107
Semi
Partial half
108
Tri
Three
109
Tetra
Four
110
Diplo
Double
111
Pluri
Several more
112
Super
Above excess
113
Dextr/o
Right
114
Sinistr/o
Left
115
Ecto
Out outside
116
Ex/o
Away from
117
Mes/o
Middle
118
Syn
Together
