nursing prefixes
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Created by:
ahopkins81 on June 2, 2009
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Columbus Adult Class 2012, Woojuin_and_Bahbo
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45 terms
Italian | English |
|---|---|
 ecto | outside |
| endo | within,inside |
| circum | around |
| para | opposite,beside,abnormal |
| meso | middle |
| infra | beneath |
| intra | within |
| inter | amoung,between |
| trans | through,beyond |
| de | down,away from |
| epi | in addition to,over,after |
| ab | away from,negative |
| ad | increase,toward |
| hypo | below,deficient |
| hyper | excessive,beyond |
| hydro | water |
| micro | small |
| olig | few,little |
| hemi | half |
| semi | less than it should be |
| mono | one,single |
| uni | one |
| bi | two,double |
| tri | three |
| quadri | four |
| tetra | four |
| multi | many |
| poly | much,many |
| pan | all |
| tachy | swift,rapid |
| brady | slow |
| pre | before,in front of |
| ante | before |
| post | behind,after |
| re | back,again |
| pro | in behalf of,in front of |
| con | together,with |
| contra | opposite,against |
| anti | counteracting,against |
| dys | difficult,painful |
| eu | healthy,normal |
| sub | in small quantity,beneath |
| super | above,beyond |
| supra | on the top side,above |
| peri | around,about |
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