trans-

Prefix Routine Blood Collections

Across or through.

Example: transdermal (through the skin, as with a patch)

Sources

• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Pharmacology for Nurses, Chapter 2 Key Terms · OpenStax

Terms built with trans-

• transmission-based precautionsContact, droplet or airborne measures added on top of standard precautions when a patient has, or may have…

Related terms

• supra-Above or over.
• syn-, sym-Together or joined.
• tachy-Fast or rapid.
• tetra-Four.
• tri-Three.
• uni-One.

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