Intro to Vet Term: Prefixes

Question 1

A-

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meaning: no, not, without
example: scholia (lack or absence of bile secretion)

Question 2

AN-

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meaning: no, not, without
example: analgesic (relieving pain)

Question 3

ANA-

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meaning: up, apart
example: anabasis (the stage of increase in a disease)

Question 4

ANTI-

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meaning: against
example: antibody (immune body that fights foreign substances)

Question 5

AUTO-

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meaning: self
example: autonomic (not subject to. voluntary control)

Question 6

BI-

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meaning: two
example: bilateral (pertaining to both sides)

Question 7

BRADY-

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meaning: deficient, under
example: bradycardia (abnormally slow heartbeat)

Question 8

CHLORO-

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meaning: green
example: chroma (malignant, green-colored tumor)

Question 9

CHROMO-

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meaning: color
example: chromohidrosis (secretion of color and sweat)

Question 10

CO-

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meaning: with, together
example: cohort (a group with a characteristic acquired at the same time)

Question 11

COM-

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meaning: with, together
example: communicability (ability to spread from infected to susceptible hosts)

Question 12

CON-

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meaning: with, together
example: contagious (capable of being transmitted from host to host)

Question 13

CYANO-

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meaning: blue
example: cyanosis (bluish skin and mucosal discoloration)

Question 14

DE-

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meaning: down, lack of
example: dehydration (lack of water)

Question 15

DECI-

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meaning: one-tenth
example: deciliter (one tenth of a liter)

Question 16

DI-

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meaning: two
example: diataxia (affecting both sides of the body)

Question 17

DIA-

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meaning: through, between, apart, across, completely
example: diarrhea (rapid movement of fecal matter through the intestines)

Question 18

DYS-

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meaning: bad, painful
example: dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing)

Question 19

ERYTHRO-

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meaning: red
example: erythrocyte (red blood cell)

Question 20

HEMI-

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meaning: half
example: hemihypotonia (diminished muscle tone on one side of the body)

Question 21

HEXA-

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meaning: six
example: hexavitamin (preparation of six vitamins)

Question 22

HYPER-

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meaning: excessive, above
example: hypertension (persistently high blood pressure)

Question 23

HYPO-

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meaning: below, deficient
example: hypoglycemia (abnormally low level of sugar in the blood)

Question 24

LEUKO-

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meaning: white
example: leukoencephalitis (inflammation of white brain substances)

Question 25

MACRO-

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meaning: large example: macroglossia (excessive size of the tongue)

Question 26

MAL-

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meaning: bad example: malignant (tanding to worsen and cause death)

Question 27

MELANO-

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meaning: black example: melanotrichia (abnormal increased pigmentation of the hair)

Question 28

META-

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meaning: change, beyond example: metamorphosis (change of structure or shape)

Question 29

MICRO-

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meaning: small example: micromastia (abnormal smallness of the mammary gland)

Question 30

MONO-

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meaning: one, single example: monogerminal (developed from a single ovum)

Question 31

MULTI-

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meaning: many example: multiarticular (pertaining to or affecting many joints)

Question 32

NEO-

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meaning: new example: neonate (a newborn animal)

Question 33

PAN-

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meaning: all example: pandemic (a widespread epidemic)

Question 34

PENT-

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meaning: five example: pentadactyl (having five digits)

Question 35

POLY-

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meaning: many, much example: polychromatic (many-colored)

Question 36

PSEUDO-

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meaning: false example: pseudopregnancy (false pregnancy)

Question 37

QUADR-

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meaning: four example: quadrilocular (having four cavities)

Question 38

SUB-

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meaning: less than, beneath example: subclinical (without clinical manifestations)

Question 39

SYM-, SYN-

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meaning: with, together example: symbiosis (mutually reinforcing)

Question 40

TACHY-

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meaning: fast example: tachycardia (abnormally fast heartbeat)

Question 41

TRI-

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meaning: three example: tribrachius (monster with three forelimbs)

Question 42

ULTRA-

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meaning: beyond example: ultrasonic (beyond the audible range)

Question 43

XANTH-

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meaning: yellow example: anthemia (presence of yellow coloring matter in the blood)

Question 44

AB-

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meaning: away from example: abduct (to draw away)

Question 45

AD-

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meaning: toward, near example: adduct (to draw toward)

Question 46

ANTE-

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meaning: before; forward example: antemortem (performed of occurring before death)

Question 47

DIA-

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meaning: through example: diarrhea (rapid discharge of fecal matter through intestines)

Question 48

DIS-

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meaning: apart, away from example: dissect (cut apart)

Question 49

EC-, ECTO-

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meaning: outside example: ectopic (located away from the normal position)

Question 50

ENDO-

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meaning: within, in, inner example: endocrine (secreting internally)

Question 51

EPI-

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meaning: above, upon example: epidermis (outermost layer of skin)

Question 52

EX-

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meaning: out example: excision (removal by cutting out)

Question 53

EXTRA-

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meaning: outside of example: extrapulmonary (not connected with the lungs)

Question 54

IN-

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meaning: in, into example: incisions (cutting into)

Question 55

INFRA-

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meaning: below, beneath example: infraclavicular (below the clavicle)

Question 56

INTER-

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meaning: between example: interosseous (between two bones)

Question 57

INTRA-

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meaning: within example: intravenous (within a vein)

Question 58

META-

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meaning: beyond, change example: metacarpal (bones beyond the wrist)

Question 59

PARA-

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meaning: near, alongside example: parametrical (near the uterus)

Question 60

PERI-

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meaning: surrounding example: perilaryngitits (inflammation of the tissues around the larynx)

Question 61

POST-

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meaning: after, behind example: postvaccinal (occurring after a vaccination)

Question 62

PRE-

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meaning: pre example: prenatal (before birth)

Question 63

PRO-, PROS-

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meaning: before, forward example: prognosis (forecast of likely course of disease)

Question 64

RE-

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meaning: back, again example: relapse (return of disease symptoms)

Question 65

RETRO-

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meaning: behind, backward example: retromandibular (behind the lower jaw)

Question 66

SUB-

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meaning: beneath, less than example: subcutaneous (under the skin)

Question 67

SUPRA-

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meaning: above, upper example: suprapelvic (above the pelvis)

Question 68

TRANS-

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meaning: across, through example: transverse (extending through a structure from side to side)