Updated 9_13 NWCOMMONLY USED PREFIXES & SUFFIXESIN NURSING~PREFIXES~This list is the onlykey used fortheprefixquiz; spelling must be correct.Prefix:Meaning:How it is used:a: withoutamenorrheaab:from, away fromorabsentabductacro:extremityortopacromegalyad:towardoradherenceorincreaseadductadeno:glandadenocarcinomaamb, ambi:bothoron both sidesambidexterousangi, angio:bloodvesselorlymph vesselangiographyante:beforeantepartumanti:againstantibioticarteri, arterio:arteryarteriogramarthro:jointarthritisbaro:pressureorweightbaroreceptorbili:bilebilirubinbrachio:armbrachialbrady:slowbradycardiabronch, bronchi:airwaybronchitiscardio:heartcardiovascularcephal, cephalo:headcephaliccervico:neckcervicalcholecysto:gallbladdercholecystectomycircum:aroundcircumcisioncolp, colpo:vaginacolposcopycontra:againstoroppositecontraindicatecosto:ribcostovertebralcyst, cysto:bladdercystitisderm, derma:skindermabrasiondorsi, dorso:backdorsoglutealdys:abnormalorbadordifficultorpainfuldyspneaecto:outeroron the outsideorwithoutectopicentero:intestinesenteritisepi:uponorover orin addition toepiduralerythr, erythro:rederythrocyteetio:causeetiologyferro:ironferrous sulfatefibro:fibersorfibrous tissuesfibrocysticgastro:stomachgastricglosso:tongueglossopharyngealgluco, glyco:sugarglycogenolysishemi:halfhemiplegiahemo, hema:bloodhemophiliahepat, hepato:liverhepatitishisto:tissuehistologyhystero:uterushysterectomyileo:ileumileostomy
Updated 9_13 NW~PREFIXES continued~This list is the onlykey used for the prefix quiz; spelling must be correct.Prefix:Meaning:How it is used:intra:withinintramuscularlaparo:abdominal wallorflanklaparoscopiclaryngo:larynxlaryngospasmlatero:sidelateralleuk, leuko:whiteorrelated to white blood cellleukemiamyel, myelo:spinal cordorbone marrowmyelogrammyo:musclemyocardiumnephro:kidneynephrologyneuro:nerveneuropathyoculo:eyeoculomotoroligo:deficiencyordiminishedorfeworsmalloliguriaophthalmo:eyeophthalmoscopeorchi, orchid:testicleorchiectomyortho:straightorcorrectorin proper orderorthopedicosteo:boneosteoarthritisoto:earotitis mediapan:allorentirepanhysterectomypath:diseasepathologistped, pedi, pedo:footpediformperi:aroundpericarditispharyngo:pharynxpharyngealphlebo:veinphlebitispneumo:airorlungpneumoniapoly:muchormanypolyuriaproct, procto:anusorrectumproctologistpseudo:falsepseudoaneurysmpsych:mindpsychotherapypyelo:pelvispyelogrampyo:puspyocystquadri:fourquadriplegicrecto:rectumorstraightrectalren, reno:kidneyrenalrhino:noserhinoplastysacro:sacrumsacroiliacsclero:hardorrelating to the sclerasclerodermasemi:halfsemi-Fowler’ssero:serumsero-sanguinoussomat, somato:bodysomatizationsupra:aboveorbeyondoron topsuprapubictachyfasttachycardiathoraci, thoraco:chestorchest wallthoracotomythrombo:blood clotthrombosistrans:acrossoroverorthroughorbeyondtransmuraluro:urineurosepsisutero:uterusuterinevaso:blood vesselvasodilationventro:abdomenventral