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Drexel - N200 - Quiz One - Prefix Terms
A list of prefix terms for Q1 N200 Quiz 1
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
04/06/2013
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A -
 Definition
No/Not/Without
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Ab-
 Definition
Away from
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Acro-
 Definition
Extremeties
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Ad-
 Definition
Toward
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Allo-
 Definition
Other, different
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An-
 Definition
No/Not/Without
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Ana-
 Definition

up/apart/away

 

(Anacatharsis - severe vomiting)
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Ante-
 Definition
forward, in front of
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Anti-
 Definition
Against
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Apo-
 Definition
Separate/away from
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Auto-
 Definition
self
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Bi-
 Definition
Two
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Brady
 Definition

Slow

 
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Circum-
 Definition
Around
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Contra-
 Definition
Opposite or against
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De-
 Definition
Lack of or down
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Di-
 Definition
Two or both
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Dia-
 Definition

Complete or through

 

(Diapedesis - The movement or passage of blood cells, especially white blood cells, through intact capillary walls into surrounding body tissue.)
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Dys-
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Bad, painful, abnormal, or difficult
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E-
 Definition
Out or outward
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Echo-
 Definition
Sound reverberation
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Ec-
 Definition
Ecto, out, or outward
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En -
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In
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Endo -
 Definition
Within
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Epi-
 Definition
Above, on top of
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Eso-
 Definition
Inward
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Eu -
 Definition
Healthy or normal
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Exo-
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Out
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Extra-
 Definition
Outside
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Hemi-
 Definition
Half or partial
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Homo-
 Definition
Same
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Hyper-
 Definition
Excessive or above
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Hypo-
 Definition
Deficient, below, under, or decreased
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In-
 Definition
In or not
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Infra -
 Definition
situated, formed, or occuring beneath
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Inter-
 Definition
Between
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Intra-
 Definition
Within
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Ipsi-
 Definition
Same
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Levo-
 Definition
Left
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Macro-
 Definition
Large
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Meta-
 Definition
Beyond
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Micro-
 Definition
Small or tiny
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Mono-
 Definition
One
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Neo-
 Definition
New
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Non-
 Definition
Not
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Oxy-
 Definition
Rapid
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Pan-
 Definition
All
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Par-
 Definition
Near (parotids - near the ear)
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Para-
 Definition
Abnormal or beside
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