UT 201- med term ch 5.6 week 2

a-, an-

Without (Examples: Anemia, Atrophy, Amenorrhea)

ab-

Around, away (Examples: Abductor, Abnormal)

ad-

Toward (Examples: Adductor, Adlib.)

ana-

Up (Examples: Analysis, Anastomosis)

ante-

Before (Examples: Antepartum)

anti-

Against (Examples: Antibody)

bi-

Two (Examples: Bilateral, Biceps)

brady-

Slow (Examples: Bradypnea)

con-

With (Examples: Congenital)

dia-

Through, complete (Examples: Diagnosis, Dialysis)

dys-

Difficult, painful (Examples: Dyspnea, dystonia)

ec-, ecto-

Out, away (Examples: Ectopic)

endo-

Within, inside (Examples: Endothelium)

epi-

Upon (Examples: Epidermis)

ex-

Out (Examples: Exocytosis, Excision)

extra-

Outside (Examples: Extracellular)

hemi-

Half (Examples: Hemiplegia)

hyper-

Above, excess (Examples: Hypertension)

hypo-

Below, low (Examples: Hypocalcemia)

in-

In, into (Examples: Incision)

inter-

Between (Examples: Intercellular)

intra-

Within, inside (Examples: Intracellular, intraperitoneal)

mal-

Bad (Examples: Malformation)

meta-

After, behind (Examples: Metastasis)

neo-

New (Examples: Neonatal)