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Towards

Prefix

A-

Absence of

Anoxia - absence of oxygen in the tissues if the body.


The body receive inadequate amounts of oxygen.

Ante - e

Before

Prefix

Anti -i

Against

Antibody- protein made in the lymph tissue in response to foreign particles in the body.

Anti - i

Against

Antibody- protein made in the lymph tissue in response to foreign particles in the body systems.

Bi

Two

Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD)- severe mental disorder characterised by episodes of depression, mania and mood swings

Brady

Slow

Tortoise

Circum

Around

Walk in a circular motion

Co-/con-

Together/joined

In a race to draw or tie

Contra- / anti

Against

Something--- all odds

Cryo

Cold

Ice

Cyano

Blue

The sky is

De-

Away from/ removing

What police do when your barred

Dia-

Through

Been ---thick an thin

Diplo

Double

Make mine a " " rum

Dys-

Difficult/abnormal/painful

Having a operation can be all these things D A P


Dyspnoea- difficult breathing.

Ecto-

Outer/external

Plasm comes to mind

En-endo-

Within/ in/ into

" " my heart lord jesus

Epi-

Upon/ above / on

The injection in the spine without the dural at the end.


Once "


" and beyond


Opposite of "off"

Ery-/erythro-

Red

Colour of blood

Hemi-

Half

6:30 or "" past 6

Hetero-

Unlike/dissimilar

Not the same

Homo-

Same

(Gay) (lesbians)

Hyper-

Above/ high/ in excess of normal

Heaven is""


Smoke weed get ""


Your baggage is " " " " if weighs too much at the airport.


Hypersplenism- condition of having an enlarged spleen.


Hyperventilation- breathing at an abnormally rapid rate.



hypo-

Low/ below/ under/less than normal/


Lack of

Hypodermic needle- is a needle that administers a drug beneath the skin.


Hypoplasia- under development of an organ or tissue.

Inter-

Between

Ham goes "" 2 slices of bread

Intra-

Within/ inside

Why u waiting at the door come ""


Intratracheal- method of giving medications through the trachea.

Iso

Equal

50/50

Leuco-leuko

White

Blanco

Macro

Large

Macropsia- condition of seeing things larger than they really are

Mal-

Poor/abnormal

ethiopian children suffer from "" nutrition


Smear test can come back "" sometimes....


Mega-/megalo

Big/ enlarged

Notorious ""

Melano-

Dark black pigment

Colour of Spot underneath my chin.

Meta-

After/beyond

The great ""


"" the storm comes a calm

Micro

Small

Mono

One / single

Mononeuritis - inflammation of a single nerve.

Multi-

Many

Oligo-

Scanty


deficiency


Small amount


Reduced

Oliguria - small production of urine

Ortho-

Straight

Opp of gay

Pachy-

Thick

Pachyderma- thickening of the skin

Pan-

All

Para


Alongside

Peri-

Around

Polio-

Grey

Poliomylitis- viral infection of the central portion (grey matter) of the spine.

Poly-

Many


Large amounts


Excessive

Polyradiculitis- inflammation of some or all of the peripheral nerves.

Post-

After

Pre- / pro

Before

Quadri-

Four

Retro-

Backwards

Sclero-

Hard

Semi-

Half

Steno-

Narrow

Sub-

Below


Beneath

Subcranial - beneath the cranium skull.

Super- / supra

Above

Suprarenal- above the kidney

Syn

With / together / union

Tachy

Rapid/fast

Trans-

Across

Meso-

Middle

Mesocolon

Spondylo-

Vertebra or spinal column

Spodylosis-


Disease causing the vertebrae to crumble.

Intra-

Inside

Intradermal- inside the skin

Xantho-

Yellow

Xanthoma- yellow skin lesion associated with abnormal lipid metabolism

Xero-

Dryness

Xerosis- abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva, skin or mucous membrane

-en

Inside

Encephalomyelitis - inflammation inside the brain and spinal cord.

An-

Without

Analgesia- reduction in sensitivity to pain.

Cry-

Cold

Cryaesthesia- extreme sensitivity to cold.

Hydro-

Water


Watery fluid

Hydrocephalus- excess cerebro- spinal fluid in the brain

En

Inside

Encephalography- technique for recording brain structure and activity

pseudo-

False

Pseudo-dementia- condition in which symptoms of dementia are caused by depression rather than brain disease.

Oligo-

Reduced


Scanty


Deficiency


Lack of

Oligospermia- reduced number of sperm in semen