prefixes/ suffixes chapter 1 Flashcards
A or An
Atraumatic
without or no
Atraumatic
without injry
Traumatic
Pertaining to injury
uria
Urination
Dys
difficult, painful, bad
Ab
Away from
Emetic
pertaining to vomiting
Dysphagia
difficulty eating or swallowing
Endo
within or inside
Endocrine
Secrete internally
Endoparasite
organism lives within the body of a host
Hyper
elevated, higher, more than normal
Hyperglycemia
elevated blood glucose
Inter
between
intercostal
between the ribs
Poly
many or excessive
Pre
before
Preanesthetic
before anesthesia
Sub
below, under, or less
sublingual
under the tongue
Anuria
absence of urine
Ad
toward
Adduction
moves toward the midline
Anti
against
antiemetics
works against or prevents vomiting
Eu
good, easy, normal
Euthyroid
normally functioning thyroid gland
Ex or exo
without, out of, outside, or away from
exocrine
secrete externally (via a duct)
Ecto
outside
Ectoparasite
organism that lives on the outside of a parasite
Hypo
Depressed, lower, less than normal
Hypoglycemia
depressed amount of blood glucose
Intra
within
intramuscular
within the muscle
Oligo
scant or little
oliguria
Scant amount or frequency of urination
Post
After
postanesthetic
after anesthetic
Super, Supra
above, beyond, excessive
Supernumerary
more than regular number
Suprascapular
above the shoulder blade
Peri
around
Epi
upper
Extra
outside
Infra
below or underneath
meta
beyond
per
throughout
trans
across
ultra
above, increased, more than normal
arthroscope
instrument used to visually examine a joint