Prefix Meanings and Word Meanings

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Anhydrous

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An - without

with all water removed

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Antenatal

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Ante - before

prenatal

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Antiseptic

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Anti - against

Free from or cleaned of germs and other microorganisms

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Binary

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Bin - two

Consisting of, indicating, or involving two

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Contraindicated

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Contra - against

To give indication against the advisability of

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Cyanosis

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Cyan - blue

Blueness or lividness of the skin

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Decalcify

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De - removal of, reversal of something

To deprive of lime or calcareous matter

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Dextrogastria

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Dextro - right

The displacement of the stomach to the right

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Diarrhea

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Dia - through

Abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations

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Diatomic

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Di - two, twice

Two atoms in the molecule

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Diplococci

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Diplo - double, in pairs

Spherical bacteria occurring in pairs

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Dissect

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Dis - apart, asunder, away

To cut apart

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Ectopic

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Ec - out from, away from

Occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced

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Endoderm

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Endo - within

Innermost cell layer of the embryo in its gastrula stage

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Equilibrium

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Equi - balance

State of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces

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Erythrocyte

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Erythro - red

Red blood cell

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Euthanasia

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Eu - good, well

Painless death

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Excise

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Ex - out

To cut out or off

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Hemisphere

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Hemi - half

Either of the lateral halves of the cerebrum or cerebellum

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Heterogeneous

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Hetero - different

Different in kind

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Homograph

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Homo - same

A word of the same written form as another but of different meaning

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Hyperglycemia

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Hyper - over

Abnormally high level of glucose in the blood

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Hypotension

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Hypo - low

Decreased or lowered blood pressure

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Incontinent

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In - not

Unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces

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Isocellular

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Iso - equal | Composed of cells of equal size

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Leukemia

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Leuco - white | Any of several cancers of the bone marrow

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Macroscopic

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Macro - large, long | Visible to the naked eye

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Megacolon

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Mega - Extreme | Extreme dilation and hypertrophy of the colon

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Melanin

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Melan - black | Insoluble pigments found in all forms of animal life that account for the dark color of skin

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Mesencephalon

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Meso - middle | Part of the brain that develops from the middle portion of the embryonic neural tube

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Microcyte

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Micro - Small | Abnormally small red blood cell

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Monocular

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Mono - one | Having only one eye

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Multicellular

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Multi - many | Composed of several or many cells

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Neonate

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Neo - new | newborn child

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Nomovolemia

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Nomo - normal | Normal volume of blood in the body

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Noncontributory

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Non - not | Making no contribution to a medical diagnosis

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Oligospermia

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Oligo - Less than | Deficiency of sperm in the semen

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Orthodontics

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Orth - straight, upright | Branch of dentistry dealing with irregularities of the teeth and their correction

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Pandemic

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Pan - common, public | Epidemic over a large area

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Percutaneous

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Per - through, utterly | Administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin

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Polymorphous

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Poly - many | Having, assuming, or passing throgh many or various forms, stages, or the like

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Postnasal

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Post - after | Located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx

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Premature

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Pre - before | Occurring, coming, or done too soon

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Primary

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Prime - of the first importance | First or highest in rank

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Prodrome

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Pro - before | A premonitory symptom

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Pseudoplegia

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Pseudo - false | Paralysis due to a conversion disorder

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Quadruplet

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Quad - four | Four offspring born of one pregnancy

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Reflux

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Re - again, back | A backward or return flow

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Semipermeable

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Semi - half, partially | Permitting passage only of certain molecules

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Sinistromanual

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Sinistro - left | Left-handed

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Supernumerary

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Super - above | In excess of the regular number

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Synapse

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Syn - with, together | Junction between the processes of two neurons

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Telophase

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Tele - distant | Last of four stages of mitosis and the two divisions of meiosis

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Tetralogy

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Tetra - four | A group or series of four

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Transfusion

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Trans - Across, through, changing thoroughly | Process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient)

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Tricuspid

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Tri - three | Having three points or cusps, as a valve of the heart

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Uncoordinated

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Un - not | Lacking physical or mental coordination

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Unite

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Un - not | To combine or join

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Xanthoma

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Xanth - yellow | A yellow papule or nodule in the skin, containing lipid deposits