QltrNan: Career Step Prefixes
Terms
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- a-
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no or without
Ex: (a)menorrhea
NOTE: a- before a consonant; an- before a vowel. - an-
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no or without
Ex: (an)echoic
NOTE: a- before a consonant; an- before a vowel. - ab-
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away from
Ex: abduct - ad-
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toward
Ex: adduct
adoral (toward the mouth) - ante-
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before
Ex: antenatal
antecubital (in front of the elbow) - pre-
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before
Ex: preoperative - pro-
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before
Ex: procaine (white crystalline powder used as a local anesthetic in medicine)
Ex: proleptic (recurring at decreasing intervals) - anti-
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against
Ex: antibiotic, antihypertensive - contra-
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against
Ex: contralateral - bi-
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two
Ex: bifid
Ex: bifurcated (divided into two branches) - di-
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two
Ex: dissect - brady-
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slow
Ex: bradycardia, bradyarrhythmia - de-
-
removing, down from, elimination
Ex: decomposition, demineralization, dehydration - dia-
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through, between, across
Ex: dialysis
Ex: diascope (an instrument pressed against the skin to see through the skin)
Ex: diaphysis (the point of separation between the stalk and the branch) - dys-
-
difficult or abnormal
Ex: dysphagia - ecto-
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without or outside (external/away from)
Ex: ectonuclear (outside the nucleus of a cell)
Ex: ectoplasm, ectoparasite - ex-
-
without or outside (external/away from)
Ex: excementosis (outgrowth of cementum on the root surface of a tooth)
Ex: exhale - exo-
-
without or outside (external/away from)
Ex: exophytic, exoskeleton - en-
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inside
Ex: encranial, encapsulated - endo-
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inside
Ex: endometriosis, endoscopy - em-
-
inside
Ex: emphysema - eso-
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inside
Ex: esogastritis (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach) - epi-
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on or above
Ex: epicondyle - eu-
-
good or normal
Ex: euthyroid, euthanasia - hemi-
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half or partly
Ex: hemilaminectomy, hemiparesis - semi-
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half or partly
Ex: semicartilaginous (composed partly of cartilage) - hyper-
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excessive, greater than normal
Ex: hypercholesterolemia - hypo-
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beneath/below normal, under
Ex: hyponatremia - sub-
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beneath/below normal, under
Ex: subcutaneous - in-
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not
Ex: inability - infra-
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beneath
Ex: infraorbital - inter-
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between
Ex: intercondylar - intra-
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within/inside of
Ex: intrauterine - macro-
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large
Ex: macrosomia
Ex: macroadenous (large glands) - mal-
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bad
Ex: malalignment - meso-
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middle/moderate
Ex: mesothelial - micro-
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small
Ex: microhematuria - multi-
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many/excessive
Ex: multinodular - poly-
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many/excessive
Ex: polyhydramnios - mono-
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one
Ex: monochorionic - uni-
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one
Ex: unilateral - nulli-
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none
Ex: nulliparous - para-
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near, beside, resembling, abnormal
Ex: parahepatic - per-
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through, by, or completely
Ex: percutaneous - peri-
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around/near
Ex: periventricular - post-
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after, behind
Ex: postoperative - primi-
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first
Ex: primigravida - re-
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back, again
Ex: redo - retro-
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behind, backward
Ex: retroareolar - super-
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more than normal, excessive
Ex: superinfection - supra-
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above, over
Ex: suprapubic - syn-
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together, union
Ex: synarthrosis - sym-
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together, union
Ex: symphysis - tachy-
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fast
Ex: tachyarrhythmia - trans-
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across/through
Ex: transesophageal