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Latin Prefixes
EMT class latin prefixes
Term | Definition |
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a, an | without, from, absence of |
ab | away from |
ad | toward, near |
aden | pertaining to gland |
ana | up, toward, apart |
ante | before |
anti | against, opposing |
auto | self |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
circum | around, about |
contra | opposite, against |
de | down, lack of |
derma | skin |
dia | through, completely |
dys | difficult, bad, painful, abnormal |
ec, ecto, ex, exo, extra | out, outside, without |
edem | swelling |
en, end | inside, within |
endo | within, inner |
ep, epi | upon, on, over |
eu | good, normal |
hemi | half |
hyper | excessive, high, above |
hypo | too little, low, beneath, under |
infra | beneath, under |
inter | between |
intra | within |
macro | great, abnormal largeness |
mal | bad |
mega, megalo | large, great |
micro | small |
mid | middle |
multi | many, much |
my | pertaining to muscle |
oligo | little, scanty |
para | near, beside, abnormal |
per | through, by, excessive |
peri | around |
poly | many, much, excessive |
post | after, behind |
pre | before, in front of |
pseudo | false |
quadri | four |
retro | behind, backward |
semi | half |
sub | under, beneath |
super, supra | above, beyond |
sym, syn | joined, together, with |
tachy | fast |
trans | across |
tri | three |
uni | one, single |
alb | white |
chlor, chloro | green |
cyan, cyano | blue |
eryth, erythro | red |
leuk, leuko | white |
melan, melano | dark, black |
xanth, xantho | yellow |