Number Prefixes
Uni and mono both mean this.
What is "one"
"A" and "an" mean this.
What is without or not
Adduction means to move a limb toward this.
What is toward the midline?
This is the term for painful, difficult, or abnormal.
What is "dis"
The term "pan" means this, as in pandemic
What is all or entire?
"Bi" and "Di" both mean this.
What is two
These two terms both mean against.
What is anti and contra
The terms "infra" and "sub" both mean this.
What is below or beneath?
This is the term for above normal termperature.
What is hyperthermia?
The term "eu" as in euthermia means this.
What is normal or good?
What is three
This prefix means away from.
What is "de"
The terms "en", "end", and "endo" all mean this.
what is within
This is the term for below normal temperature.
What is hypothermia?
The term "per" as in percutaneous means this.
What is through?
Hemi and semi can both mean this.
What is "half"
This prefix means separate
What is dis?
Abduction means this.
What is to move a limb away from the body's midline?
All the terms macro, mega, or megalo can mean this.
What is large or oversize?
The term "tachy" as in tachycardia means this.
What is rapid or fast?
Multi and poly both mean this.
What is "many"
"Im" and "In" and "Non" can all mean this.
What is "not"?
The term "peri" as in pericardium means this.
What is around or surrounding?
The term ultra means this.
What is excess or beyond?
The terms "ect" or "ecto" mean this.
What is outer or outside?