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Medical Terminology
Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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a- , an- | without |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
bi- | both, two |
brady- | slow |
contra- | against |
dys- | painful, difficult |
ecto- | outside |
end- | inside |
epi- | upper, above |
ex- | out, from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above, more than |
hypo- | deficient, low, less than |
inter- | between |
intra- | inside, within |
leuk- | white |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
peri- | around |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | forward |
semi- | half |
sub- | below |
tachy- | fast |
tele- | distant, far |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ante- | before |
circum- | around |
dia- | through; complete |
in- | in; into |
infra- | below;beneath |
meta- | beyond |
para- | beside; near |
per- | through |
retro- | back;behind |
supra- | above |
trans- | across |
ultra- | beyond |
mono- | one |
uni- | one |
multi- | many |
quadri- | four |
tri- | three |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
syn- | together; with; joined |
tetra- | four |