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Medical Terminology

Prefixes

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