Some basic rules for prefixes/suffices..SM - Old Anon Posted: Jul 19th, 2017 - 8:17 am In Reply to: nonsterile ? non-sterile tourniquet - vmaher
This is from the Blue Book of Grammar (which can be found on-line).
Hyphens with Prefixes and Suffixes
A prefix (a, un, de, ab, sub, post, anti, etc.) is a letter or set of letters placed before a root word. The word prefix itself contains the prefix pre. Prefixes expand or change a word's meaning, sometimes radically: the prefixes a, un, and dis, for example, change words into their opposites (e.g., political, apolitical; friendly, unfriendly; honor, dishonor).
Also Book of Style, 3rd Edition expands on the list of prefixes to include those found in medical documents. This is the etc. mentioned above. They are: ante, bi, co, con, tra, counter, extra, infra, intra, micro, mid, non, over, peri, pre, pro, pseudo, re, semi, super, supra, trans, tri, ultra, and under.
Exceptions would include using a hyphen when there are repetitive vowels such as in anti-inflammatory. Also use a hyphen when the resulting word would be awkward such as in re-treat, meaning treat again versus retreat which is a place.
You might want to get access to a medical style guide or consult the Blue Book for these types of questions. After all, the ability to research well is one of the hallmarks of medical transcription. Does your MTSO have a company Style Guide or ask you to use the BOS as a reference?
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