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Ch 4 Prefixes
Medical Terminology Class, Chapter 4 Prefixes
Prefixes | Definitions |
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a- | no, not, without |
an- | no, not, without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up, apart |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dia- | through, complete |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
ec- | out, outside |
ecto- | out, outside |
en- | in, within |
endo- | in, within |
epi- | upon, on, above |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out, away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, under |
in- | not |
in- | into, within |
infra- | beneath |
inter- | between |
intra-all | into, within |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
meta- | beyond, change |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | abnormal, beside, near |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | before, forward |
pseudo- | false |
re- | back, again |
retro- | behind, backward |
sub- | under |
supra- | above, upper |
syn- | together, with |
sym- | together, with |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
uni- | one |