Medical Prefixes
without
What is a-, an? (analgesic, anemia, anesthetic, aseptic, asymptomatic)
related to death
What is necro? (necrosis, necrotic)
formation of new blood vessels
What is angiogenesis?
inflammation
What is itis? (vasculitis - inflammation of the vens, arteries or capillaries. cellulitis - inflammation of subcutaneous connective tissue)
toward the front (surface) of the body
What is anterior? (The face is located on the anterior part of the body)
against
What is anti?
vessel (primarily a blood vessel)
What is vaso, vasco? (vascular, vascularization, neovascularization, vasculitis, vasoconstriction, vasodilation)
deepest layer of the epidermis containing two type os celles, keratinocytes and melanocytes
What is basal?
suffering, disease
What is pathy? (neuropathy)
toward the back/top
What is dorsal? (The shoulder blades are located on the dorsal side of the body.)
red
What is erythro? (erythema, erythrocytes)
pore, duct, opening
What is poro? (porous, osteoporosis)
outermost layer of epidermis
What is corneum?
eating
What is phage, phagia? (macrophage)
"shallow", toward the surface of the body
What is superficial? (The sternum is superficial to the lungs.)
hard
What is sclero? (atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, sclerotic)
related to nerves
What is neuro? (neurological, neuropathy, neurosis)
not vascular, bloodless
growth, development
What is -trophy? (atrophy - no growth, withering. hypertrophy - growing to much. trophic - promoting growth)
Toward the front
What is ventral? (also anterior... Toes are ventral or anterior to the foot)
pertaining to cellular tissue
What is cella? (cellulitis, cellulite)
related to mucle
What is myo, myco, mya? (myalgia, myopathy, myelitis, myocardial)
three strand helical proteins found in the skin, tendons, bone and cartilage; the prominent structural proteins in the skin
What is collagen?
Producing or produced by/originating in
What is genic/genous? (neurogenic - originating in a nerve. thrombogenic - causing thrombosis/blood clotting. endogenous - originating within the body/cell. exogenous - originating outside the body)
on the same side of the body
What is ipsilateral? (The right leg is ipsilateral to the right leg.)