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Prefixes
Medical Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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A-, An- | without or absence 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- | beneath; below |
Im- | not |
Infra- | under |
Inter- | between |
Intra- | inside |
Iso- | equal |
Macro- | large |
Mal- | bad |
Meso- | middle |
Meta- | change |
Micro- | small |
Mono- | one |
Multi- | many |
Mut- | after |
Neo- | new |
Para- | beside |
Patho- | disease |
Peri- | surrounding |
Poly- | many |
Post- | after |
Pre- | before |
Pseudo- | false |
Re- | back, again |
Retro- | backward 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 |