Prefixes Contrasting Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
Q
Traumatic
A
Pertaining to injury
2
Q
Uria
A
Urination
3
Q
An (Ahb)
A
Away from
4
Q
Abduction
A
Take away from the midline
5
Q
Emetic
A
Pertaining To Vomiting
6
Q
Days (Dihs)
A
Difficult, painful or bad
7
Q
Dysphasia
A
Difficulty eating or swallowing
8
Q
Endorse (ehn-do)
A
Within or inside
9
Q
Endocrine
A
Secrete internally
10
Q
Endoparasite
A
An organism that lives within the body of the host
11
Q
Hyper (Hi-Per)
A
Elevated, higher, or more than normal
12
Q
Hyperglycemia
A
Elevated amounts of blood glucose
13
Q
Inter (Ihn-ter)
A
Between
14
Q
Instercostal
A
Between the ribs
15
Q
Poly (pohl-e)
A
Many or excessive
16
Q
Polyuria
A
Excessive amount or frequency of urination
17
Q
Pre
A
Before
18
Q
Preanesthetic
A
Pertaining to before anesthesia
19
Q
Sub (shub)
A
Below, under, less
20
Q
Sublingual
A
Under the tongue
21
Q
A (ah)
A
Without or no
22
Q
Atraumatic
A
Without injury
23
Q
An
A
Without or no
24
Q
Anuria
A
Absence of urine
25
Ad
Toward
26
Adduction
Move towards the midline
27
Anti
Against
28
Antiemetic
Work against or prevent vomiting
29
Eu (yoo)
Good, easy, or normal
30
Euthyroid
Having a normal functioning thyroid gland
31
Ex
Without, out of, outside, away from
32
Exocrine
Secrete externally (via a duct)
33
Ecto
Outside
34
Ectoparasite
An organism that lives on the outer surface of the host
35
Hypo
Depressed, lower, or less than normal
36
Hypoglycemia
Depressed amounts of blood gluclose
37
Intra
Within
38
Intramuscular
Within the muscle
39
Oligo
Scant or little
40
Oliguria
Scant amount of frequency of urination
41
Post
After
42
Postanesthetic
Pertaining to after anesthesia
43
Super and Supra
Above, beyond, excessive
44
Supernumerary
More than a regular number
45
Suprascapular
Above the shoulder blade
