Unit 2: Prefixes

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

de-

without

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, inner

epi-

above

eu-

normal

ex-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below, insufficient

in-

not, inward

inter-

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside, abnormal, two like parts of a pain

per-

through

peri-

around

post

after

pre-

before

pro

before

pseudo-

false

re-

again

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

under

tachy-

fast

trans

across

ultra-

beyond

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

partial

tetra-

four

tri-

three

aphasia

without speech

anoxia

without oxygen

antibiotic

against life

autograft

a graft from one's own body

bradycardia

slow heart beat

depigmentation

without pigment

dysuria

painful urination

endoscope

instrument to view within

epigastric

above the stomach

eupnea

normal breathing

exostosis

condition of outward, or projecting, bone

extracorporeal

outside of the body

heterograft

like a skin graft from the same species

hypertrophy

excessive development

hypodermic

below the skin

infertility

not fertile

intervertebral

between the vertebrae

intravenous

within a vein

macrotia

having large ears

microtia

having small ears

neonatology

study of the newborn

paranasal

beside the nose

paresthesia

abnormal sensation

paraplegia

paralysis of 2 like parts of a pair (the legs)

percutaneous

through the skin

pericarolial

around the heart

postpartum

after birth

preoperative

before a surgical operation

prolactin

before milk

pseudocyesis

false pregnancy

reinfection

to infect again

retrograde

to move backward

subcutaneous

under the skin

tachycardia

fast heartbeat

transurethral

across the urethra

ultrasound

beyond sound (high-frequency sound waves)

bilateral

two sides

hemiplegia

paralysis of one side/half of the body

monoplegia

paralysis of one extremity

multigravida

woman who has been pregnant more than once

nulligravida

a woman who has never been pregnant

pansinusitis

inflammation of all sinuses

polymyositis

inflammation of many muscles

quadriplegia

paralysis of all four limbs

semiconscious

partially conscious

tetraplegia

paralysis of all four limbs

triceps

muscle with 3 heads

osteomalacia

softening of the bone tissue

intercostal

between the ribs

emesis

vomiting

adenoma

tumor of a glandular tissue

laryngotomy

incision into the larynx

lipoid

resembling fat