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Everest Medical Terminology - Common Prefixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
a-, an- | Without or not |
ab- | Away from |
ad- | Toward |
ante- | Before, forward |
anti- | Against |
auto- | Self |
bi- | Double, two |
circum- | Around |
contra- | Against, opposite |
de- | Down, from, away from, not |
dia- | Across, through, apart |
dis- | Separation, away from |
dys- | Bad, difficult, abnormal |
ecto- | Outer, outside |
en- | In, into, within |
endo- | Inner, inside |
epi- | Over, on |
eryth- | Red |
ex- | Out, out of, from, away from |
hemi- | Half |
hyper- | Excessive, too much, high |
hypo- | Under, decreased, less than normal |
in- | In, into, within, not |
inter- | Between |
intra- | Within |
intro- | Into, within |
leuk- | White |
macro- | Large |
mal- | Bad, illness, disease |
mega- | Large |
micro- | Small |
mono- | One, single |
neo- | New |
non- | Not |
para- | Abnormal |
per- | By, through |
peri- | Around |
poly- | Many, much |
post- | After, behind |
pre- | Before, in front of, prior to |
pro- | Before, in front of |
re- | Again |
retro- | Backward |
semi- | Half |
sub- | Under |
super- | Above, over, excess |
supra- | Above, over |
trans- | Across |
uni- | One |