PREFIXES

a, an

not, without, lack of, absence
ab

away from
ad

toward
ante

before
anti, contra

against
aorte

aorta
arte, arterio

artery
brady

slow
bili, chol, chole, cholo

bile
card, cardio

heart
cholest, cholescysto

gallbladder
cyano

blue
cyst, cysto

bladder
dys

abnormal, difficult
hemo, hemato

blood
hepat, hepato

liver
hypo

decreased, abnormally low
in, im, un

not
inter

between
lith

stone
macro, mega, megal

abnormally large
myel

bone marrow, spinal
os, stoma, stomat, stomato

mouth
phleb, phelbo, veni veno

vein
pneumo, pneumato, spiro

lungs, breathing, respiration, air, gas
retro

backwards, back, behind
tachy

rapid
thrombo

blood clot
vas, vaso, angi, angio

vessel

Author

jillmwashington

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Card Set

PREFIXES

Description

ABBREVIATION QUIZ 3 NUR101

Updated

2013-03-15T18:13:12Z

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