Prefixes
pre-
What prefix means before?
adip/o
Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-pathy
Back of body or organ
Dorsal
-malacia
abnormal softening
post-
What prefix means after?
Means nerve
Neur/o
Formation, development, growth
-plasia
Referring to ongoing presence of disease, such as common cold, within a population, group, or area.
Endemic
Plane that divides body into left and right; associated directional terms
Midsagittal; medial and lateral
hypo-
What prefix means below, under, or decreased?
Means stomach
Gastr/o
Surgical repair
-plasty
Pertaining to virus
Plane that divides body into top and bottom; associated directional terms
Transverse; inferior and superior
peri-
What prefix means surrounding?
Means cancer
Carcin/o
Flow or discharge
-rrhea
Surgical removal of the appendix
Appendectomy
Plane that divides body into front and back; associated directional terms
Frontal (coronal) plane; anterior and posterior
endo-
What prefix means within?
Means gland
Aden/o
Rupture
-rrhexis
The fused double layer of the parietal peritoneum that attaches parts of the intestine to the interior abdominal wall
Mesentery
Distal (away from trunk) and proximal (toward trunk)