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Prefixes
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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Inter- | between |
Post- | after, behind |
retro- | backward, behind |
pre- pro- | before, in front of |
bi- | two |
dipl- diplo- | double |
hemi- | one half |
hyper- | excessive, above normal |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- uni- | one |
multi- poly- | many much |
nulli- | none |
primi- | first |
quadri- | four |
tri- | three |
ab- | from away from |
ad- | toward |
circum- peri- | around |
dia- trans- | through across |
ecto- exo- extra- | outside outward |
endo- intra- | in within |
para- | near, beside, beyond |
super- | upper, above |
supra- | above, excessive, superior |
ultra- | excess, beyond |
a- (before a constant) an- (before a vowel) | without, not |
anti- contra- | against |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
eu- | good, normal |
hetero- | different |
homo- homeo- | same |
mal- | bad |
pan- | all |
pseudo- | false |
syn- appears as syn- before B, P, PH, or M | union together, joined |
tachy- | rapid |