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Nursing Flashcards on MedTerm, created by Inna Abejo on 02/09/2021.
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Flashcards by Inna Abejo, updated more than 1 year ago
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brady- slow
prim/i- first
mon/o- single
uni- one
hemi- one side
semi- partial
bi- two,twice
di- two/twice
dipl/o double
tri- three
quadr/i- four
tetra- four
multi- many
poly- excessive
tachy- fast
nulli- none
cyan/0- blue
erythr/o- red
leuk/o- white
melan/o- black/dark
xanth/o- yellow
chlor/o- chloros- green
cirrhos- orange-yellow
lutein- saffron yellow
poli/o gray
xero- dry
crypt/o- hidden
a- an- without
anti- against
contra- opposite
de- down, without
dis- absence, removal
dys- difficulty
in*- im- not
non- not
un- not
ab- away from
ad- near
ambi- ampho- both
amphi- on both sides
ana- up, toward
antero- front
dia- through, across
ecto- exo- outer, outside
endo- ento- within
epi- upon, over
infra- beneath
inter- between
intra- within
meso- middle
per- through
trans- through
hyper- increased, abnormally high, over
hypo- decreased, below normal
olig/o- few, scanty
pan- all, entire
supra- above (usually to pertain structure)
super- excess
ultra- beyond
auto self
equi- equal, same
eu- normal, good
hetero- different, other, unequal
homo- homeo- same, unchanging
iso- equal, same
macro- large, abnormally large
megaly- megalo- large, abnormally large
micro- small
neo- new
normo- normal
ortho- straight, correct, upright
poikilo- varied, irregular
pseudo- false
re- again
ante- before
dextr/o- right
ec- ecto- out, outside
ex/o- away from
end/o- in, within
latero- to the side
levo- left
medio- middle
mes/o- middle
neo- new, recent
para- beside
peri- around
pre- before, in front of
pro- before, in front of
post- after, behind
postero- behind
retro- backward
sinistr/o- left
sub- under
syn- sym- together
aero- air
andro- man
bio- life
gluc- gluco- sugar
glyc- glyco- sugar
gyne- woman
hetero- different
hydro- water
lipo- fat
mal- bad
necro- death
noct- night
pyo- pus
tele- tel- end, faraway, at distance
cry- cryo- cold or freeze
myco- fungus
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