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202 MDE202 MDEMedical Medical

TerminologyTerminology

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What is a prefixWhat is a prefix??

A prefix is a syllable added to A prefix is a syllable added to the front of a base word (root)the front of a base word (root)..

When we add a prefix to a base When we add a prefix to a base word, the meaning is changedword, the meaning is changed..

PREFIXESPREFIXES

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Prefix English meaning

a- , an- no , not

ab- away from

ad- toward

ana- up , apart

ante- before, forward

anti- against

bi- two

brady- slow

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dia- through, complete

dys- bad, painful, difficult

ec-, ecto- out, outside

en-, endo- within, in, inner

epi- above, upon

ex-, extra-, exo- out, outside

hemi- half

hyper- excessive, above

hypo- below, deficient

in- in, into

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inter- between

intra- within

mal- bad

meta- beyond

neo- new

para- near, along the side of

peri- surrounding

poly- many

post- after, behind

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pre- before

pro-, pros- before, forward

re-, retro- behind, back

sub- under, below

syn (m)- with, together

tach- fast

trans- across, through

tri- three

ultra- beyond

uni- one

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ExerciseExercise Write the meanings of the following medical Write the meanings of the following medical terms:terms:

1- 1- aapnea ____(no breathing)___________pnea ____(no breathing)___________

2- 2- ananemia _____(no blood)____________emia _____(no blood)____________

3- 3- ababnormal _____(away from norm)_____normal _____(away from norm)_____

4- 4- adadrenal gland __(near or toward the kidney)___renal gland __(near or toward the kidney)___

5- 5- anaanalysis _________(breaking a part of a substance lysis _________(breaking a part of a substance to to understand its contents)_____ understand its contents)_____

6- 6- anteantenatal _______(before birth)____________natal _______(before birth)____________

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7- 7- antiantibiotic _____(pertaining to against germ or biotic _____(pertaining to against germ or bacterial life)____________ bacterial life)____________

8- 8- bibilateral _____(pertaining to both lateral _____(pertaining to both sides)_________sides)_________

9- 9- bradybradycardia ___(slow heartbeat)_____________cardia ___(slow heartbeat)_____________

10- 10- diadiagnosis _____(complete knowledge about gnosis _____(complete knowledge about the the patient’s patient’s condition)__________condition)__________

11- 11- dysdyspnea __(painful, difficult pnea __(painful, difficult breathing)________breathing)________

12- 12- ectoectopic pregnancy _______(pertaining to a pic pregnancy _______(pertaining to a pregnancy that is outside its pregnancy that is outside its place)____place)____

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13- 13- enencysted ___(inside the bladder)____________cysted ___(inside the bladder)____________

14- 14- endoendoscopy __(process of viewing the inside scopy __(process of viewing the inside of the of the body by using an body by using an endoscope)______endoscope)______

15- 15- epiepidermis ___(the outer layer of the dermis ___(the outer layer of the skin)_____skin)_____

16- 16- exexcision ___(to cut out, remove)____________cision ___(to cut out, remove)____________

17- 17- extraextrahepatic __(pertaining to outside the hepatic __(pertaining to outside the liver)_liver)_

18- 18- hemihemiplagia __(inability to move one side of plagia __(inability to move one side of the the body)___ body)___

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19-19-hyperhyperglycemia _(higher than normal level of glycemia _(higher than normal level of sugar sugar in the blood)__________ in the blood)__________

20- 20- hypohypoglycemia __(lower than normal levels of glycemia __(lower than normal levels of sugar sugar in blood)_____________ in blood)_____________

21- 21- inincision __(cutting into the body or an cision __(cutting into the body or an organ)__organ)__

22-22-interintervertebral__(pertaining to lying between vertebral__(pertaining to lying between two two back bones)____________ back bones)____________

23- 23- intraintravenous __(pertaining to within a venous __(pertaining to within a vein)_____vein)_____

24- 24- malmalignant __(tending to become ignant __(tending to become progressively progressively worse)_______________ worse)_______________

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25- 25- metametacarpals ___(bones of the hand between carpals ___(bones of the hand between the the wrist bones and the finger wrist bones and the finger bones)_____bones)_____

26- 26- neoneonatal ____(pertaining to new natal ____(pertaining to new birth)________birth)________

27- 27- paraparalysis ______(loss or impairment of lysis ______(loss or impairment of movement movement in a part of the body)________ in a part of the body)________

28- 28- periperiosteum _____(membrane that surrounds osteum _____(membrane that surrounds bone)______ bone)______

29- 29- polypolyuria ___(excessive urination)___________uria ___(excessive urination)___________

30- 30- postpostnatal ___(pertaining to after birth)_______natal ___(pertaining to after birth)_______

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31- 31- perpernatal ____(pertaining to before natal ____(pertaining to before birth)______birth)______

32-32-proprognosis_(predict the outcome of an illness gnosis_(predict the outcome of an illness or or treatment)__________ treatment)__________

33- 33- reresection __________(remove of an organ)___section __________(remove of an organ)___

34- 34- retroretroperitoneal __(pertaining to behind the peritoneal __(pertaining to behind the peritoneum)__________ peritoneum)__________

35- 35- subsubgastric __(pertaining to below the gastric __(pertaining to below the stomach)_stomach)_

36- 36- synsyndrome ____(set of symptoms and signs of drome ____(set of symptoms and signs of disease that occur together disease that occur together to to indicate a disease indicate a disease condition)____condition)____

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37-37-tachytachycardia __(condition of fast, rapid cardia __(condition of fast, rapid heartbeat)________heartbeat)________

38- 38- transtransabdominal __(pertaining to across the abdominal __(pertaining to across the abdomen)____abdomen)____

39- 39- tritricuspid valve ___(valve on the right side of the cuspid valve ___(valve on the right side of the

heart that separates the upper heart that separates the upper right right chamber from the lower right chamber from the lower right chamber. It has chamber. It has threethree cusps or cusps or points)_points)_

40- 40- ultraultrasound ____(sound waves with greater sound ____(sound waves with greater frequency than can be heard by frequency than can be heard by the the human ear)____ human ear)____

41- 41- uniunilateral _____(pertaining to one side)_______lateral _____(pertaining to one side)_______