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Flashcards by gabrielle.bentle, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by gabrielle.bentle
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| A- | Meaning: no, not, without Example: acholia (lack or absence of bile secretion) |
| AN- | Meaning: no, not, without Example: analgesic (relieving pain) |
| ANA- | Meaning: up, apart Example: anabasis (the stage of increase in a disease) |
| ANTI- | Meaning: against Example: antibody (immune body that fights foreign substances) |
| AUTO- | Meaning: self Example: autonomic (not subject to voluntary control) |
| BI- | Meaning: two Example: bilateral (pertaining to both sides) |
| BRADY- | Meaning: deficient, under Example: bradycardia (abnormally slow heartbeat) |
| CHLORO- | Meaning: green Example: choloroma (malignant, green-colored tumor) |
| CHROMO- | Meaning: color Example: chromhidrosis (secretion of colored sweat) |
| CO- | Meaning: with, together Example: cohort (a group with a characteristic acquired at the same time) |
| COM- | Meaning: with, together Example: communicability (ability to spread from to susceptible hosts) |
| CON- | Meaning: with, together Example: contagious (capable from being transmitted from host to host) |
| CYANO- | Meaning: blue Example: cyanosis (blue skin & mucosal discoloration) |
| DE- | Meaning: down, lack of Example: dehydration (lack of water) |
| DECI- | Meaning: one-tenth Example: deciliter (one tenth of a liter) |
| DI- | Meaning: two Example: diataxia (ataxia affecting both sides of the body) |
| DIA- | Meaning: through, between, apart, across, completely Example: diarrhea (rapid movement of fecal matter through the intestines) |
| DYS- | Meaning: bad, painful Example: dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing) |
| ERYTHRO- | Meaning: red Example: erthrocyte (red blood cells) |
| HEMI- | Meaning: half Example: hemihypotonia (diminished muscle tone on one side of the body) |
| HEXA- | Meaning: six Example: hexavitamin (preparation of six vitamins) |
| HYPER- | Meaning: excessive, above Example: hypertension (persistently high blood pressure) |
| HYPO- | Meaning: below, deficient Example: hypoglycemia (abnormally low level of sugar in the blood) |
| LEUKO- | Meaning: white Example: leukoencephalitis (inflammation of white brain substance) |
| MACRO- | Meaning: large Example: marcoglossia (excessive size of the tongue) |
| MAL- | Meaning: bad Example: malignant (tending to worsen and cause death) |
| MELANO- | Meaning: black Example: melanotrichia (abnormal increased pigmentation of the hair) |
| META- | Meaning: change, beyond Example: metamorphosis (change of structure or shape) |
| MICRO- | Meaning: small Example: micromastia (abnormal smallness of the mammary gland) |
| MONO- | Meaning: one, single Example: monogerminal (developed from a single ovum) |
| MULTI | Meaning: many Example: multiarticular (pertaining to or affecting many joints) |
| NEO- | Meaning: New Example: neonate (newborn animal) |
| PAN- | Meaning: all Example: pandemic (a widespread epidemic) |
| PENT- | Meaning: five Example: pentadactyl (having five digits) |
| POLY- | Meaning: many, much Example: polychromatic (many-colored) |
| PSEUDO- | Meaning: false Example: pseudopregnancy (false pregnancy) |
| QUADR- | Meaning: four Example: quadrilocular (having four cavities) |
| SUB- | Meaning: less than, beneath Example: subclinical (without clinical manifestations) |
| SYM-, SYN- | Meaning: with, together Example: symbiosis (mutually reinforcing) |
| TACHY- | Meaning: fast Example: tachycardia (abnormally fast heartbeat) |
| TRI- | Meaning: three Example: tribrachius (monster with three forelimbs) |
| ULTRA- | Meaning: beyond Example: ultrasonic (beyond the audible range) |
| XANTH- | Meaning: yellow Example: Xanthemia (presence of yellow coloring matter in the blood) |
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