Contrasting Prefixes Table 1.1-1.2 Flashcards by Jessie ...

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Traumatic

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Pertaining to injury

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A or An

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Without or no

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Uria

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Urination

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Abduction (Ab)

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Take away from the midline

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Adduction (Ad)

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Move toward the midline

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Emetic

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Pertaining to vomiting

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Anti

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Against

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Dys

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Difficult, painful, or bad

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty eating or swallowing

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Eu

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Good, easy, or normal

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Euthyroid

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Having a normally functioning thyroid gland

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Endo

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Within or inside

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Endocrine

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To secrete internally

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Ecto, Ex, or Exo

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Without, out of, outside, or away from

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Exocrine

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To secrete externally (through a duct)

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Endoparasite

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Organism that lives within the host body

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Hyper

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Elevated, higher, more than normal

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Hypo

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Depressed, lower, less than normal

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Hyperglycemia

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Elevated amounts of blood glucose

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Hypoglycemia

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Depressed or lower amounts of blood glucose

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Inter

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Between

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Intra

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Within

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Intercostal

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Between the ribs

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Intramuscular

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Within the muscle

Poly

Many or excessive

Polyuria

Excessive amount or frequent urination

Oligo

Scant or little

Oliguria

Little amount of frequency of urination

Pre

Before

Post

After

Peri

Around the time of

Preanesthetic

Pertaining to before anesthesia

Postanesthetic

Pertaining to after anesthesia

Sub

Below, under, or less

Super or supra

Above, beyond, or excessive

Sublingual

Under the tongue

Supernumerary

More than the regular number

Suprascapular

Above the shoulder blade

Pan

All

Leuk/o

White

Penia

Deficiency or reduction in numbers