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A & P Medical Prefix

Anatomy & Physiology/Medical Terminology Prefixes, Complete

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a-, an-, ar- without, lack of
ab- away from
ad- to; toward
ambi- both
amphi- both sides
ana- up; apart
ante- before; in front of; forward
anter/o- in front, before
anti- against
anis/o- unequal, dissimilar
auto- self
bi- two
brady- slow
cata- down
circum- around
co-, com-, con- together
contra- against; opposite
de- lack of; down; away from
dextr/o- right side
di- two
dia- between; through; complete
dipl-, dipl/o double, two fold
dors/o- back
dys- painful; difficult
ec-, ex- out; out from
ect/o-, exo-, extra- outside, outward
em-, en- in
endo- within
epi- upon; above
eu- good; normal
extra- outside
hemi- half
heter/o- different
hidr/o- sweat
homo- same
hydr/o- water
hyper- above; excessive; beyond
hypo- below; deficient; under
im-, in- not, in
infra- below; inferior to
inter- between
intra- within
is/o- equal
later/o- side
macro- large; visible to the naked eye
mal- bad
meso-, mid-, medi- middle
meta- change; beyond; after; over
micro- small; not visible to the naked eye
mon/o- one
multi- many, much
neo- new
pachy- thick
pan- all
para- beside; along side, near
per- through
peri- around; surrounding
poly- many; much
post- after; behind
poster/o- posterior; behind, toward the back
pre- before; in front of
primi- first
pro- before
pseud/o- false
quad-, quardri- four
re- back; again
retro- behind; backward
scler/o- hard
semi- part of; half
sinistr/o- left side
sub- under; below
super- above; upper; excessive
supra- above; upon
sym-, syn- together; with; joined
tacky- fast
tetra- four
trans- across, through
tri- three
ultra- beyond; in excess
uni- one
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