{"id":202,"date":"2018-07-29T21:13:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T21:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/?p=202"},"modified":"2018-09-05T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:56:01","slug":"medical-terminology-prefixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/medicalerminology\/medical-terminology-prefixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Terminology: Prefixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmstudentresources\/MedicalTerminology-prefixes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download this worksheet here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>a\/an<\/strong>:\u00a0without, lack of<\/li>\n<li><strong>ab<\/strong>: away from<\/li>\n<li><strong>abdomi<\/strong>: referring to abdomen<\/li>\n<li><strong>acro<\/strong>: an extremity<\/li>\n<li><strong>ad<\/strong>: to, toward<\/li>\n<li><strong>adeno<\/strong>: referring to gland<\/li>\n<li><strong>ana<\/strong>: up, back, again<\/li>\n<li><strong>angio<\/strong>: referring to vessel<\/li>\n<li><strong>ante<\/strong>: before, forward<\/li>\n<li><strong>anti<\/strong>: against, opposed to<\/li>\n<li><strong>arterio<\/strong>: referring to artery<\/li>\n<li><strong>arthro<\/strong>: referring to a joint<\/li>\n<li><strong>auto<\/strong>: self<\/li>\n<li><strong>bi, bis<\/strong>: twice, double, in two&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li><strong>bio<\/strong>: life<\/li>\n<li><strong>blasto<\/strong>: referring to germ or cell<\/li>\n<li><strong>blepharo<\/strong>: referring to an eyelid<\/li>\n<li><strong>brady<\/strong>: slow<\/li>\n<li><strong>branchy<\/strong>: short, around<\/li>\n<li><strong>carcino<\/strong>: malignant<\/li>\n<li><strong>circum<\/strong>: around<\/li>\n<li><strong>co, col, com, con<\/strong>: with, together<\/li>\n<li><strong>contra<\/strong>: against, opposite<\/li>\n<li><strong>cyano<\/strong>: blue<\/li>\n<li><strong>di<\/strong>: twice, double<\/li>\n<li><strong>dia<\/strong>: through, between, completely<\/li>\n<li><strong>de<\/strong>: down from<\/li>\n<li><strong>dors<\/strong>: back<\/li>\n<li><strong>dys<\/strong>: difficult, painful, abnormal<\/li>\n<li><strong>ecto, ectomy<\/strong>:\u00a0to cut out; remove<\/li>\n<li><strong>electro<\/strong>: pertaining to electricity<\/li>\n<li><strong>end<\/strong>: inside<\/li>\n<li><strong>endo<\/strong>: in, inner [layer]; within; inside of<\/li>\n<li><strong>epi<\/strong>: upon, on, above<\/li>\n<li><strong>erythro<\/strong>: referring to anything red or erythrocytes (red blood cells)<\/li>\n<li><strong>eu<\/strong>: easy, good, normal<\/li>\n<li><strong>exo<\/strong>: outside, outer<\/li>\n<li><strong>extra<\/strong>: outside; in addition to<\/li>\n<li><strong>glyco<\/strong>: sugar<\/li>\n<li><strong>hemi<\/strong>: half<\/li>\n<li><strong>heter<\/strong>: other, different<\/li>\n<li><strong>homeo, homo<\/strong>: same, similar, alike<\/li>\n<li><strong>hydro<\/strong>: water<\/li>\n<li><strong>hyper<\/strong>: beyond, excessive, over<\/li>\n<li><strong>hypo<\/strong>:\u00a0less, under, below, deficient<\/li>\n<li><strong>infra<\/strong>: beneath, below<\/li>\n<li><strong>inter<\/strong>: between, among<\/li>\n<li><strong>intra<\/strong>: within<\/li>\n<li><strong>iso<\/strong>: equal, like<\/li>\n<li><strong>itis<\/strong>:\u00a0inflammation<\/li>\n<li><strong>kinetic<\/strong>: movement<\/li>\n<li><strong>latero<\/strong>: side<\/li>\n<li><strong>leuko<\/strong>: anything white or leukocytes (white blood cells)<\/li>\n<li><strong>leuko<\/strong>: white<\/li>\n<li><strong>litho<\/strong>: referring to a stone<\/li>\n<li><strong>macro<\/strong>:\u00a0large, great<\/li>\n<li><strong>mal<\/strong>: bad, abnormal<\/li>\n<li><strong>med, medi<\/strong>: middle<\/li>\n<li><strong>mega, megal<\/strong>: great, large<\/li>\n<li><strong>melano<\/strong>: black<\/li>\n<li><strong>micro<\/strong>:\u00a0small<\/li>\n<li><strong>mono<\/strong>: one<\/li>\n<li><strong>morph<\/strong>: shape<\/li>\n<li><strong>myopathy<\/strong>:\u00a0damage to the muscle<\/li>\n<li><strong>mega, megaly<\/strong>:\u00a0enlargement<\/li>\n<li><strong>neo<\/strong>: new<\/li>\n<li><strong>noct<\/strong>: night<\/li>\n<li><strong>oligo<\/strong>: little, deficient<\/li>\n<li><strong>para<\/strong>: near, beside, apart from, by the side of<\/li>\n<li><strong>patho<\/strong>: disease<\/li>\n<li><strong>per<\/strong>: through<\/li>\n<li><strong>peri<\/strong>:\u00a0outer [layer], around<\/li>\n<li><strong>poly<\/strong>: much, many, multiple<\/li>\n<li><strong>post<\/strong>: after, behind<\/li>\n<li><strong>pre, pro<\/strong>: before, preceding, in front of<\/li>\n<li><strong>pseudo<\/strong>: false<\/li>\n<li><strong>quad, quadri, quar, quat<\/strong>: four, in fours<\/li>\n<li><strong>retro<\/strong>: backward, located behind<\/li>\n<li><strong>sclera, sclero<\/strong>: hard; or related to schlera<\/li>\n<li><strong>semi<\/strong>: half<\/li>\n<li><strong>sub<\/strong>: below, beneath, under<\/li>\n<li><strong>super<\/strong>: above, over<\/li>\n<li><strong>tachy<\/strong>: fast<\/li>\n<li><strong>trans<\/strong>: across, through, beyond<\/li>\n<li><strong>tri<\/strong>: three, in three&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li><strong>uni<\/strong>: one; single or singly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n<p>Bliven,\u00a0K. (2014, May 29).\u00a0<em>KINE 5003: Functional anatomy, terminology<\/em>\u00a0[PDF].<\/p>\n<p>Des Moines University, Matz,\u00a0D., &amp; Dyche,\u00a0W. (n.d.). Online Medical Terminology Course. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.dmu.edu\/medterms\/<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins,\u00a0G., &amp; Tortora,\u00a0G.\u00a0J. (2012).\u00a0<em>Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life, 3rd Edition International Stu<\/em>. John Wiley &amp; Sons.<\/p>\n<p><em>Medical Terminology<\/em>\u00a0[PDF]. (n.d.). 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