Electr/o
|
Electricity
|
Encephal
|
Brain
|
Enter/o
|
intestines
|
Erythr/o
|
red
|
gastr/o
|
stomach
|
gynec/o
|
woman,female
|
hemat/o
|
Blood
|
hepat/o
|
liver
|
leuk/o
|
white
|
nephr/o, ren/o
|
kidney
|
neur/o
|
nerve
|
onc/o
|
cancer
|
sarc/o
|
flesh
|
thromb/o
|
clot
|
-ectomy
|
removal of
|
-itis
|
inflammation
|
-ology
|
study of
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-oma
|
tumor
|
-scope
|
tool used to visually
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-scopy
|
visual exam
|
-tomy
|
to cut
|
hyper-
|
more than
|
hypo-
|
less than
|
ophthalm/o
|
eye
|
cephal/o
|
head
|
aden/o
|
gland
|
lapar/o
|
abdomen
|
pATH/O
|
DISEASE
|
OSTE/O
|
BONE
|
OMA
|
TUMOR
|
RHINO/O
|
NOSE
|
prefix list 1
PREFIX LIST
MEANING
WORD APPLICATION
MEANING
a, an
Without
Abortion
The ending of a pregnancy
ab
Away from
Abdominal
Between the thorax and the pelvis
acr, acro
Extremities ( arms and legs)
Aclarubicin
Used in the treatment of cancer
Ad
Toward
Acetate Dialysis
Deals with a kidney disease
ambi
Both, both sides
Ambidextrous
Able to use both arms similar to each other
ante
Before
Antepartum
Occurring not long after childhood
anti
Against
Antibody
A blood protein produced because its counteracting to a antigen
aut
self
Autopsy
Examination of a dead body
bi
Both, two
Binary
Using a numerical notation
brady
slow
Bradycardia
Abnormally slow heart action
circum
Around
Circumcision
The action of helping a man or a young boy
con
With
Concrescene
Growing together
contra
Against
Contraindicate
An indication that suggest that the drug should not be used
Di
Two
Diplopia
Visual impairment in which one object is seen as two objects
diplo
Double
Diplococcus
A bacteria that occurs as pairs of cocci
dors
Back
Dorsal
Upper side or back
dys
Painful, difficult
Dysphasia
Language disorder
MEANING
WORD APPLICATION
MEANING
a, an
Without
Abortion
The ending of a pregnancy
ab
Away from
Abdominal
Between the thorax and the pelvis
acr, acro
Extremities ( arms and legs)
Aclarubicin
Used in the treatment of cancer
Ad
Toward
Acetate Dialysis
Deals with a kidney disease
ambi
Both, both sides
Ambidextrous
Able to use both arms similar to each other
ante
Before
Antepartum
Occurring not long after childhood
anti
Against
Antibody
A blood protein produced because its counteracting to a antigen
aut
self
Autopsy
Examination of a dead body
bi
Both, two
Binary
Using a numerical notation
brady
slow
Bradycardia
Abnormally slow heart action
circum
Around
Circumcision
The action of helping a man or a young boy
con
With
Concrescene
Growing together
contra
Against
Contraindicate
An indication that suggest that the drug should not be used
Di
Two
Diplopia
Visual impairment in which one object is seen as two objects
diplo
Double
Diplococcus
A bacteria that occurs as pairs of cocci
dors
Back
Dorsal
Upper side or back
dys
Painful, difficult
Dysphasia
Language disorder
ecto
Outer external
Ectotherm
An organism that uses external heat to heat their body temperature
endo
Within
Endotherm
An organism that uses heat internally to maintain a constant body temperature
epi
On, upon, at, by, near, over, and on top of
Epicanthal Fold
A fold of a skin that comes down across the inner angle of the eye
ex
Out from
Excrement
Waste material discharged from the body
hemi
half
Hemiplegia
Paralysis on one side of the body
hyper
More than
Hypertension
Abnormally high blood pressure
hypo
Less than
Hypotension
Abnormally low blood pressure
inter
Between
Intercostals
Between two ribs
intra
Inside, within
Intraoral
Within the mouth
macro
Large
Macrocephalous
Having and abnormally large head
mal
Bad
Malnutrition
Condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking
mega
Large
Megacolon
An abnormally large colon
meta
Between
Metabolism
The sum of the physical and chemical process by which an organism survives
micro
Small
Microscope
An instrument that magnifies a small object
mono
One, single
Monoplegia
Paralysis of a single part
Outer external
Ectotherm
An organism that uses external heat to heat their body temperature
endo
Within
Endotherm
An organism that uses heat internally to maintain a constant body temperature
epi
On, upon, at, by, near, over, and on top of
Epicanthal Fold
A fold of a skin that comes down across the inner angle of the eye
ex
Out from
Excrement
Waste material discharged from the body
hemi
half
Hemiplegia
Paralysis on one side of the body
hyper
More than
Hypertension
Abnormally high blood pressure
hypo
Less than
Hypotension
Abnormally low blood pressure
inter
Between
Intercostals
Between two ribs
intra
Inside, within
Intraoral
Within the mouth
macro
Large
Macrocephalous
Having and abnormally large head
mal
Bad
Malnutrition
Condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking
mega
Large
Megacolon
An abnormally large colon
meta
Between
Metabolism
The sum of the physical and chemical process by which an organism survives
micro
Small
Microscope
An instrument that magnifies a small object
mono
One, single
Monoplegia
Paralysis of a single part