Chapter 1: Commonly-Used Prefixes

abnormal

• excessive cholesterol in one’s blood

• not normal or away from normal

• the condition of not being normal

• without fever

Afebrile

• without fever

• between the ribs

• before a surgical operation

• above the ribs

abnormality

• the condition of not being normal

• without fever

• between the ribs

• before a surgical operation

dysuria

• before a surgical operation

• pain on or difficulty in passing urine

• not normal or away from normal

• between the ribs

hyperlipidaemia

• the condition of not being normal

• between the ribs

• before a surgical operation

• excessive cholesterol in one’s blood

intercostal

• excessive cholesterol in one’s blood

• above the ribs

• between the ribs

• before a surgical operation

preoperative

• before a surgical operation

• without fever

•  not normal or away from normal

• pain on or difficulty in passing urine

supracostal

• pain on or difficulty in passing urine

• between the ribs

• above the ribs

• excessive cholesterol in one’s blood