Practice

Practice

Let us practice at adding prefixes to the root words for lymph, blood, and respiratory we are studying this week. Use this list of prefixes:

Prefixes are used at the beginning of a word to modify or vary the meaning of the word. When the prefixes are detached from a term, it is followed by a hyphen (-).

PREFIXES DEFINITION

a-, an- no, not, without, away

auto- self

brady- slow

dia- apart, through

end-, endo- within, inside

exo- outside of, without

epi- above

hyper- excessive

hypo- insufficient

inter- between

intra- middle

media- medium

medial- situated or pertaining to the middle.

medi- middle

medio- within

normo- normal

per- through

peri- around

physio-, physi- related to nature or physiology.

poly- many

pro- before, for, in front of, from, in behalf of, on account of

re- back, again

retro- behind, back, backward

sub- under, below, beneath, in small quantity, less than normal

syn-, sy-, syl-, sym- union or association

tachy- fast

trans- across, though, beyond, over

ultra- excess

Ref: https://nursecepts.com/medical-terminology-respiratory-system/

Provide a list of 15 root terms with prefixes added.

Include the following aspects in the discussion:

Choose five root terms from each of three systems covered this week (lymph, blood, respiratory)

Avoid terms peers have used

Include the root, the prefix, the combined term, and the meaning of the combined term

Analyze your peers lists. Are they correct? Do you agree with them?

Cite any references. At all times proper grammar, sentence structure, and spelling