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Medical Term
Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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A- | Without |
Ap- | Separation from |
Ab- | Away from |
Ad- | Toward |
Anti- | Against |
Ambi- | Both |
Ana- | Up, toward, apart |
Ante- | Before, in front of, forward |
Auto- / Aut | self |
Bi- | Two, double, twice |
Cata- | Down, Under, Lower, Against |
Circum- | Around |
Contra- | Opposed , against |
De- | Down, from |
Di- | Two, or twice |
Dia- | Between, through, across |
Dis - | Apart from, free from |
Dys - | Difficult, painful, bad |
Ec - | Out of |
Ecto- | Outside |
Endo- | Within, inside |
Em- | In |
Ex- / Exo | Without, out of, outside, away from |
Eu- | Good, easy |
Epi- | upper |
Extra- | Outside |
Hemi- | Half |
Hyper- | Elevated, more than normal |
Hypo- | Decreased, below |
In- | Not |
Infra- | Below, beneath |
Intro- | Into, within |
Inter- | Between |
Intra- | Within |
Meta- | Beyond |
Micro- | Small |
Multi- | Many |
Neo- | New, recent |
Poly- | Many |
Pre- | Before |
Post- | After |
Peri- | Around |
Pan- | All |
Para- | Beside, beyond, after |
Per- | Throughout, excessive |
Pseudo- | false |
Re- | Again, backward |
Retro- | Backward, behind |
Sub- | Below |
Super / Supra | Above, beyond |
Semi- | Half |
Trans- | Across |
Ultra- | Above, increased |