lymphatic and respiratory system prefixes
Prefixes for both Lymphatic and Respiratory Systems
- a-: Absence of, without (e.g., apnea – absence of breathing)
- an-: Absence of, without (e.g., anoxia – absence of oxygen)
- brady-: Slow (e.g., bradypnea – slow breathing)
- dys-: Difficult, painful, abnormal, labored (e.g., dyspnea – difficult breathing)
- eu-: Normal, good, well (e.g., eupnea – normal breathing)
- hyper-: Above, excessive (e.g., hyperventilation – excessive breathing)
- hypo-: Below, deficient, incomplete (e.g., hypoxemia – deficiency of oxygen)
- intra-: Within, in (e.g., intrapulmonary – within the lung)
- poly-: Many, much (e.g., polypnea – rapid, shallow breathing)
- re-: Again (e.g., respiration – to breathe again)
- tachy-: Fast, rapid (e.g., tachypnea – rapid breathing)
Prefixes Specific to the Lymphatic System
- ana-: Up, upward, or back, backward (e.g., anabolism – process of building up)
- inter-: Between (e.g., interstitial fluid)
- pan-: All (e.g., pansystemic)
Prefixes Specific to the Respiratory System
- endo-: Within, in (e.g., endotracheal)
- thorac-: Thorax, chest cavity (e.g., thoracotomy)
- bronch-: Bronchus (e.g., bronchodilation)
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