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Prefixes
Prefixes of Medical Words
Term | Definition |
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ab | away from |
ad | toward/near |
endo | within/innermost |
epi | above/upon |
inter | between |
intra | within |
para | beside/beyond/around/abnormal |
per | through |
peri | around |
post | after/behind |
pre | before/ in front of |
sub | below/underneath |
trans | across /through |
brady | slow |
hyper | above/more than normal |
hypo | below/deficient |
poly | many/much |
tachy | fast |
ultra | excessive |
bi | two |
di | two |
hemi | half/one side |
mono | one |
tri | three |
quadri | four |
semi | half/partial |
tetra | four |
uni | one |
a | away from |
an | without/not |
anti | against |
de | reversal/without |
dys | painful/difficult/abnormal |
eu | normal/good |
mal | bad/inadequate |
mega | large/great |
micro | small |
re | again & again/backward |
super | more than/above |