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prefixes
Term | Definition |
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A | without |
An | without/not |
Ab | absent/away from |
Ad | toward/increase |
Alb | white |
Ambi | both /both sides |
Ante | before |
Anti | against |
Auto | self |
Bi | two |
Tri | three |
Brady | slow |
Tachy | rapid |
Bio | life |
Contra | against |
Cyan | blue |
Dia | through/between |
Dys | bad/difficult/painful |
Endo | within |
Ecto | outside |
Eosin | rosy/red |
Erythr | red |
Epi | upon/over/after |
Hemi | half |
Semi | half |
Uni | one |
Sub | beneath |
Supra | above/over/beyond |
Tri | three |
Trans | across/through |
Leuk | white |
Inter | between |
Infra | beneath/below/under |
Hypo | under/below/beneath/ less than normal |
Hyper | excessive/above |
Pan | all |
Para | near/beside/beyond/ two like parts |
Retro | backward/behind |
Quadri | four |
Peri | around/about |
Post | behind |
Poly | many/much |
Jaund | yellow |
Cirrh | yellow |
Pseud | false |
Pre | before/in front |
Chlor | green |
Meso | middle |
Primi | first |
Sym | joined/together |
Mono | one |