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Prefixes
Health Science
Question | Answer |
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Hydro | Fluid, water |
Inter | Between |
Intra | Within |
Iso | Equal |
Mal | ill, bad |
Meta | After, Beyond, Change |
Multi | Many, more, more than one |
Neo | New or abnormal |
Poly | many, much |
Post | After, Behind |
Pro | Before, in-front of, forward |
Retro | Behind, backward |
Sub | Under, below, Beneath |
Supra | Above, on the top side |
Tachy | Fast |
Trans | Across, over |
Ab | away from midline |
Acu | needle |
Anti | against |
Auto | self |
Bi | two, both, double |
Dys | abnormal, bad, painful |
Hemi | Half |
Hetero | Opposite, different |
A, An | Without, none |
Ad | Toward/near midline |
Acro | Extremities |
Ambi | on both sides |
Bio | Life |
Brady | slow |
Circum | Around, encircling |
Contra | against |
Dys | Difficult, painful, bad, abnormal |
Endo | Within |
Homo | same, similar |
Hyster | uterus |
Men | Menstruation |
Quadri | four |
Re | Back, Again |
Super | Above, beyond |
Tri | Three |
Epi | Upon , over, above, too much, over, beyond |
Hypo | Less than, under, below, deficient |