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Carnegie Prefixes
A&P Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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a, an, ar | without; lack of |
ab | away from |
ad | to; toward |
ambi | both |
amphi | both sides |
ana | up; apart |
ante | before; in front of; forward |
anter/o | in front; before |
anti | against |
anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
auto | self |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
cata | down |
circum | around |
co, com, con | together |
contra | against;opposite |
de | lack of; down; away from |
dextr/o | right side |
di | two |
dia | between; through; complete |
dipl, dipl/o | double, two-fold |
dors/o | back |
dys | painful; difficult; bad |
ec, ex | out, out from |
ect/o, exo, extra | outside, outward |
em, en | in |
endo | within |
epi | upon; above |
eu | good; normal |
extra | outside |
hemi | half |
heter/o | different |
hidr/o | sweat |
homo | same |
hydr/o | water |
hyper | above; excessive; beyond |
hypo | below; deficient; under |
im, in | not, in |
infra | below; inferior to |
inter | between |
intra | within |
is/o | equal |
later/o | side |
macro | large; visible to the naked eye |
mal | bad |
meso, mid, medi | middle |
meta | change; beyond, after, over |
micro | small; not visible to the naked eye |
mon/o | one |
multi | many, much |
neo | new |
pachy | thick |
pan | all |
para | beside; along side; near |
per | through |
peri | around; surrounding |
poly | many, much |
post | after; behind |
poster/o | posterior, behind, toward the back |
pre | before; in front of |
primi | first |
pro | before |
pseud/o | false |
quad, quadri | four |
re | back; again |
retro | behind; backward |
scler/o | hard |
semi | part of; half |
sinistr/o | left side |
sub | under; below |
super | above; upper, excessive |
supra | above; upon |
sym, syn | together, with, joined |
tachy | fast |
tetra | four |
trans | across, through |
tri | three |
ultra | beyond; in excess |
uni | one |