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Medical Prefixes
Common prefixes of many medical terms
Prefix | Meaning |
---|---|
uni- | one |
bi- | two |
hemi- | half |
pan- | all |
poly- | many, much |
a-, an- | none |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, under |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
in- | into, not |
ex- | out, away from |
en-, endo- | in, within |
ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ante- | before, forward |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
sub- | under, beneath |
epi- | upon, on or above |
infra- | beneath |
supra- | above, upper |
inter- | between |
intra- | within, into |
para- | near, beside, abnormal |
peri- | surrounding |
re- | back, again |
retro- | behind, backward |
syn-, sym- | together, with |
per- | through |
trans- | through, across |
dia- | through, complete |
ana- | up, apart |
cata- | down |
micro- | small |
macro-, mega- | large |
rube- | red |
cirrh/o | yellow |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
psuedo- | false |
meta- | change, beyond |
eu- | good, normal |
mal- | bad |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
anti- | against |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
auto- | self |
par- | other than, apart from |
neo- | new |
bi/o | life |