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dia- a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek (diabetes; dialect) and used, in the formation of compound words, to mean “passing through” (diathermy), “thoroughly,” “completely” (diagnosis), “going apart” (dialysis), and “opposed in moment” (diamagnetism).
Correspondingly, what is the root word of diabetes?
Medical Definition of Diabetes Diabetes: Usually refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. The word "diabetes" is from the Greek word meaning "a siphon" because people with diabetes "passed water like a siphon." When "diabetes" is used alone, it refers to diabetes mellitus.
One may also ask, what prefix means normal?
tachy- Prefix means hypo- Below. Prefix means good, normal.
a prefix meaning “about” or “around” (perimeter, periscope), “enclosing” or “surrounding” (pericardium), and “near” (perigee, perihelion), appearing in loanwords from Greek (peripeteia); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (perimorph).