A | B |
Ante | before (prefix for time and/or position) |
Pyrexia | Term for "fever" |
bi, di | two, twice (prefix for number) |
Cardi | heart |
cyan/o | blue (prefix for color) |
dipl/o | double (prefix for number) |
Dis | absence, removal, separation (negative prefix) |
Dynia | pain |
Emia | blood condition |
Hemi | half, one side (prefix for number) |
homo, homeo | same, unchanging (prefix for size and comparison) |
Hyper | over, excess, abnormally high, increased (prefix for degree) |
Hypo | under, below(*also can show position) (prefix for degree |
Itis | inflammation or infection of |
multi | many (prefix for number) |
olig/o | scanty, few (prefix for degree) |
Pathy | disease |
a, an | not, without (negative prefix) |
Phleb | vein |
pre/pro | before, in front of (prefix for time and/or position) |
semi | half, partial (prefix for number) |
stenosis | narrowing stricture |
stomy | forming an opening |
Therm | heat |
tri | three (prefix for number) |
pnea | breathing |
Brady | Slow |
tachy | Fast |
dys | Abnormal, painful, difficult |
Orthopnea | Discomfort in breathing that is brought on or aggravated by lying flat. |
febrile | Denoting or relating to fever |
Diastolic Reading | When taking B/P point at which the sound disappears |
Heart muscle contraction & relaxation | Causes the lub-dub sounds that are heard over the heart with a stethoscope |
anti, contra | against (negative prefix) |