a-

an-

without

(atonia - without tone)

aphasia - without speech)

(anoxia - without oxygen)

before

(antepartum - before birth)

against

(antibiotic - against life)

self

(autograft -- a graft from one's own body)

slow

(bradykinesia - slow movement)

(bradycardia - slow heartbeat)

against

contraception - against conception)

painful, abnormal, difficult

(dysplasia - abnormal development)

within, inner

(endoscope - instrument to view within)

(endocrine - inner secretion - hormones)

upon, over

(epigastric - upon or over stomach)

inward

(esotropia - inward turning)

normal, good

(eupnea - normal breathing)

ex-

exo-

external, outward

(exostosis - condition of external bone)

(exotropia - outward turning)

outside of

(extracorporeal - outside of the body)

different

(heterograft - graft from another species)

same

(homograft - graft from same species)

water

(hydrotherapy - water therapy or treatment)

under, below

 (hypotension - low blood pressure)

excessive, over, above

(hypertension - high blood pressure)

(hypertrophy - overdevelopment)

not, inward

(infertility - not fertile)

(inhalation - to breathe in)

among, between

(intervertebral - between the vertebrae)

within, inside

(intravenous - inside, within a vein)

intraspective

large

(macrotia - having large ears)

small

(microtia - having small ears)

new

(neonatal - new birth)

all

(pansinusitis - inflammation of all the sinuses)

beside, near, abnormal, two like parts of a pair

(paraplegia - paralysis of two like parts)

(paranasal - beside the nose)

(paresthesia - abnormal sensation)

through

(percutaneous - through the skin)

around

(pericardial - around the heart)

after

(postpartum - after childbirth)

before, in front of

(preoperative - before a surgical operation)

before

(prolactin - before milk)

false

(pseudoscience)

(pseudocyesis - false pregnancy)

backward, behind

retroperitoneal - behind the peritoneum)

below, under

(subcutaneous - below or under the skin)

above

(suprapubic - above the pubic bone)

rapid, fast

(tachycardia - fast heartbeat)

through, across

(transurethral - across the urethra)

beyond, excess

(ultrasound - high frequency sound waves)

not

(unconscious - not conscious)

two

(bilateral - two sides)

half

(hemiplegia - paralysis on half side of body)

one

(monoplegia - paralysis of one extremity)

none

(nulligravida - woman with no pregnancies)

many

(polyuria - large amounts of urine)

first

(primigravida - first pregnancy)

quadra-

tetra-

four

(quadriplegia - paralysis of 4 limbs)

three

(triceps - muscle with three heads)