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nursing prefixes
nursing
prefix | Meaning |
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a-, an- | no, not, without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposed |
de- | down, lack of, less, removal of |
dia- | through, between, complete |
dys- | difficult, bad, painful, abnormal |
ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
endo- | inside, in, within |
epi- | upon, above, on |
eu- | good, well, normal |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | high, too much, excessive |
hypo- | low, less than, below, deficient, under |
inter- | between |
infra- | beneath, below, inferior to |
intra | within, into |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of |
per- | through |
peri- | around, surrounding |
poly- | many |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
retro- | backward, behind, back |
sub- | under, less than, below |
super- supra- | above, in addition to, upper |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | beyone, excess |