{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/tp-med-prefixes",
 "id": "tp-med-prefixes",
 "title": "Medical Terminology: Prefixes",
 "category": "test-prep",
 "subject": "Medical Terminology",
 "levels": [
  "college",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "Word beginnings that appear in medical and health terms.",
 "tags": [
  "medical",
  "terminology",
  "prefix"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Prefix",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "a-, an-",
   "Without; not",
   "anemia"
  ],
  [
   "ab-",
   "Away from",
   "abduct"
  ],
  [
   "ad-",
   "Toward",
   "adduct"
  ],
  [
   "ambi-",
   "Both",
   "ambidextrous"
  ],
  [
   "ante-",
   "Before; forward",
   "antepartum"
  ],
  [
   "anti-",
   "Against",
   "antibiotic"
  ],
  [
   "auto-",
   "Self",
   "autoimmune"
  ],
  [
   "bi-",
   "Two",
   "bilateral"
  ],
  [
   "brady-",
   "Slow",
   "bradycardia"
  ],
  [
   "circum-",
   "Around",
   "circumcision"
  ],
  [
   "con-",
   "With; together",
   "congenital"
  ],
  [
   "contra-",
   "Against; opposite",
   "contraindicated"
  ],
  [
   "de-",
   "Down; removal",
   "dehydration"
  ],
  [
   "dia-",
   "Through; complete",
   "diagnosis"
  ],
  [
   "dis-",
   "Apart; away",
   "dislocate"
  ],
  [
   "dys-",
   "Painful; difficult; abnormal",
   "dyspnea"
  ],
  [
   "ecto-",
   "Outside",
   "ectopic"
  ],
  [
   "endo-",
   "Within",
   "endocardium"
  ],
  [
   "epi-",
   "Upon; above",
   "epidermis"
  ],
  [
   "eu-",
   "Good; normal",
   "euphoria"
  ],
  [
   "ex-, exo-",
   "Outside; out of",
   "exhale"
  ],
  [
   "extra-",
   "Outside of",
   "extracellular"
  ],
  [
   "hemi-",
   "Half",
   "hemisphere"
  ],
  [
   "hetero-",
   "Different",
   "heterogeneous"
  ],
  [
   "homo-, homeo-",
   "Same",
   "homeostasis"
  ],
  [
   "hyper-",
   "Above; excessive",
   "hypertension"
  ],
  [
   "hypo-",
   "Below; deficient",
   "hypotension"
  ],
  [
   "infra-",
   "Below",
   "infraorbital"
  ],
  [
   "inter-",
   "Between",
   "intercostal"
  ],
  [
   "intra-",
   "Within",
   "intravenous"
  ],
  [
   "iso-",
   "Equal",
   "isotonic"
  ],
  [
   "macro-",
   "Large",
   "macrophage"
  ],
  [
   "mal-",
   "Bad; poor",
   "malnutrition"
  ],
  [
   "meso-",
   "Middle",
   "mesentery"
  ],
  [
   "meta-",
   "Change; beyond",
   "metastasis"
  ],
  [
   "micro-",
   "Small",
   "microscope"
  ],
  [
   "mono-",
   "One",
   "mononucleosis"
  ],
  [
   "multi-",
   "Many",
   "multiparous"
  ],
  [
   "neo-",
   "New",
   "neonatal"
  ],
  [
   "non-",
   "Not",
   "noninvasive"
  ],
  [
   "oligo-",
   "Few; scanty",
   "oliguria"
  ],
  [
   "pan-",
   "All",
   "pandemic"
  ],
  [
   "para-",
   "Beside; abnormal; near",
   "paralysis"
  ],
  [
   "per-",
   "Through",
   "percutaneous"
  ],
  [
   "peri-",
   "Around",
   "pericardium"
  ],
  [
   "poly-",
   "Many; much",
   "polyuria"
  ],
  [
   "post-",
   "After",
   "postoperative"
  ],
  [
   "pre-",
   "Before",
   "prenatal"
  ],
  [
   "pro-",
   "Before; in favor of",
   "prognosis"
  ],
  [
   "pseudo-",
   "False",
   "pseudocyst"
  ],
  [
   "quadri-",
   "Four",
   "quadriceps"
  ],
  [
   "re-",
   "Again; back",
   "regurgitate"
  ],
  [
   "retro-",
   "Behind; backward",
   "retroperitoneal"
  ],
  [
   "semi-",
   "Half",
   "semiconscious"
  ],
  [
   "sub-",
   "Under",
   "subcutaneous"
  ],
  [
   "super-, supra-",
   "Above",
   "suprapubic"
  ],
  [
   "sym-, syn-",
   "Together",
   "synapse"
  ],
  [
   "tachy-",
   "Fast",
   "tachycardia"
  ],
  [
   "tetra-",
   "Four",
   "tetralogy"
  ],
  [
   "tri-",
   "Three",
   "triceps"
  ],
  [
   "trans-",
   "Across",
   "transfusion"
  ],
  [
   "ultra-",
   "Beyond",
   "ultrasound"
  ],
  [
   "uni-",
   "One",
   "unilateral"
  ],
  [
   "pre-natal vs post-natal",
   "Before birth versus after birth"
  ],
  [
   "brachy-",
   "Short",
   "brachydactyly"
  ],
  [
   "mega-, megalo-",
   "Large",
   "megacolon"
  ],
  [
   "olig-",
   "Little",
   "oligohydramnios"
  ],
  [
   "primi-",
   "First",
   "primigravida"
  ],
  [
   "multi-gravida",
   "A woman who has been pregnant more than once"
  ],
  [
   "intro-",
   "Into",
   "introvert"
  ],
  [
   "xero-",
   "Dry",
   "xerosis"
  ],
  [
   "peri vs endo",
   "Peri- is around the outside; endo- is within"
  ],
  [
   "hydro-",
   "Water",
   "hydrocephalus"
  ],
  [
   "hemo-, hemato-",
   "Blood",
   "hematology"
  ],
  [
   "necro-",
   "Death",
   "necrosis"
  ],
  [
   "pyo-",
   "Pus",
   "pyoderma"
  ],
  [
   "dextro-",
   "Right",
   "dextrocardia"
  ],
  [
   "levo-",
   "Left",
   "levoscoliosis"
  ],
  [
   "ortho-",
   "Straight; correct",
   "orthopedics"
  ],
  [
   "tox-, toxo-",
   "Poison",
   "toxicology"
  ],
  [
   "pachy-",
   "Thick",
   "pachyderm"
  ],
  [
   "lepto-",
   "Thin; slender",
   "leptomeninges"
  ],
  [
   "pleo-",
   "More",
   "pleomorphic"
  ]
 ]
}