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med term prefixes

ansgenius- medical terminology prefixes

PrefixMeaning
a- without
acro- extremities/point
agora- open place
ambly- dull/dim
an- without
aniso- unequal
ante- before
auto- self
bin- two each/double
brady- slow
crypto- hidden
dextro- right
di- two/double
dia- through
diplo- double
dys- difficult/painful
electro- electrical
ellipto- shaped like an ellipse
en- in/within
endo- inside/within
epi- above/upon/on
eu- good
ex- out/out of/away from
hemi- half
hyper- above/abnormal increase
hypo- below/abnormal disease
inter- between
intra- within/inside
iso- same/equal
macro- large
mega- large
meso- middle
micro- small
mono- all
multi- many
neo- new
nulli- none
oligo- deficiency/little/few
ortho- straight
pachy- thick
pan- all
para- beside/near
peri- around
plasma- plasma cell
poikil- varied/irregular
polio- grey matter (of CNS)
poly- many/much
post- after/behind
pre- before/in front of
presby- old man/old age
primi- first
pro- before
prostho- adding (replacement part)
quadri- four
secundi- second
sub- under/below
tachy- fast
tetra- four
uni- one
xantho- yellow
xero- dry
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