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Medical Term
Term | Definition |
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A-, An | Without or Absences of |
Ab- | From or Away |
Ad- | To or Towards |
Ana- | Up |
Ante- | Before |
Anti- | Against |
Append- | To Hang Something |
Bi-, Bin- | Two |
Brady- | Slow |
Contra- | Against |
Di- | Two |
Dis- | To Undo, Free From |
Ecto-, Exo-, Extra- | Outside |
Endo- | Within |
Epi- | Upon |
Erythr | Red |
Glyc- | Sweet |
Hyper- | Over |
Hypo- | Under |
Im- | Not |
Infra- | Beneath, Below |
Inter- | Between |
Intra- | Inside |
Iso- | Equal |
Macro- | Large |
Mal- | Bad |
Meso- | Middle |
Meta- | After |
Mono- | One |
Multi- | Many |
Mut- | Change |
Neo- | New |
Para- | Beside |
Patho- | Disease |
Peri- | Surrounding |
Poly- | Many |
Post- | After |
Pre- | Before |
Pseudo- | False |
Re- | Back, Again |
Retro- | Backwards or Behind |
Semi- | Half |
Sub- | Under or Below |
Super- | Over or Above |
Syn- | Together or Joined |
Tachy- | Fast |
Tetra- | Four |
Trans- | Through, Across, Beyond |
Tri- | Three |
Ultra- | Beyond, Excess |
Uni- | One |