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Medical Terminology chapter 2 Prefixes

a- - correct answer without, not

ab- - correct answer from, away from

ad- - correct answer toward, increase

alb-

albin-

albino-

leuk/o - correct answer white

ambi- - correct answer both, both sides

an- - correct answer without, not, no

ante- - correct answer before, infront

anti- - correct answer against

auto- - correct answer self

bi- - correct answer two, double

bio- - correct answer life

brady- - correct answer slow


chlor/o - correct answer green

circum- - correct answer around

cirrh/o

jaund/o

xanth/o - correct answer yellow, tawny

yellow

yellow

con- - correct answer together, with

contra- - correct answer against

cyan/o - correct answer blue

de- - correct answer down

dia- - correct answer through

dis- - correct answer free of, to undo

dys- - correct answer bad, difficult, painful, disordered

ecto- - correct answer outside

endo- - correct answer within, inner


eosin/o

erythr/o - correct answer red, rosy

red

epi- - correct answer upon, over

eu- - correct answer well, easily, good, normal

ex- - correct answer out, away from, outside

exo- - correct answer outside, outward

extra- - correct answer outside, beyond

glauc/o - correct answer gray, silver

hemi- - correct answer half

hetero- - correct answer different

homeo- - correct answer likeness,same

homo- - correct answer same

hydro- - correct answer water

hyp-

hypo- - correct answer under, below, beneath, less than normal


hyper- - correct answer excessive

idio- - correct answer individual

im- - correct answer not

in- - correct answer in, inside, within, not

infra- - correct answer beneath, below, under

inter- - correct answer between

intra- - correct answer within

jaund/o - correct answer yellow

juxta- - correct answer near, beside

leuk/o - correct answer white

melan/o - correct answer black

meso- - correct answer middle

meta- - correct answer change, after

milli- - correct answer one thousandth

mono- - correct answer one


multi- - correct answer many

non- - correct answer not

pan- - correct answer all

para- - correct answer near, beside, beyond, two like parts

per- - correct answer through

peri- - correct answer around

poli/o - correct answer gray

poly- - correct answer many, much, excessive

post- - correct answer after, behind

pre- - correct answer before, infront

primi- - correct answer first

pseudo- - correct answer false

purpur/o - correct answer purple

quardi- - correct answer four


re- - correct answer back, again

retro- - correct answer backward, behind

rube- - correct answer red

semi- - correct answer half

sub- - correct answer under, below

supra- - correct answer above, over

sym-

syn- - correct answer joined, together

tachy- - correct answer rapid

trans- - correct answer across, through

tri- - correct answer three

ultra- - correct answer beyond, excess

uni- - correct answer one

xanth/o - correct answer yellow

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