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Prefix Routine Blood Collections

Through, across, or apart.

Example: dialysis (filtering wastes out of the blood)

Sources

• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Fundamentals of Nursing, Chapter 26 Key Terms · OpenStax

Terms built with dia-

• diabetes mellitusLong-term condition in which glucose stays too high because the body makes little insulin, responds poorly…
• diaphoresisHeavy sweating. With pallor, nausea or dizziness during a draw, it can warn of a vasovagal reaction and…
• diastolic pressureThe second, lower blood pressure reading: arterial pressure between beats, while the ventricles rest and fill.

Related terms

• con-With or together.
• contra-Against or opposite.
• de-Away from, removal, or loss of.
• dextro-Right or right side.
• diplo-Double or twofold.
• dis-Apart, separation, or reversal.
• dys-Difficult, painful, or abnormal.
• ecto-, exo-Outside or outer.

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