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Med Term
prefixes
Term | Definition |
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a- | without, away from |
an- | without |
ante- | before, in front of |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
brady- | slow |
contra- | against |
de- | without |
dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
endo- | within, inner |
epi- | upon,over |
eso- | inward |
eu- | normal,good |
ex- | external, outward |
exo- | outward |
extra- | outside of |
hetero- | different |
homo- | same |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | over, above |
hypo- | under, below |
in- | not, inward |
inter- | among, between |
intra- | within, inside |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
myo- | to shut |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | beside, near, abnormal, two like parts of a pair |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
post- | after |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | before |
pseudo- | false |
retro- | backward, behind |
sub- | below, under |
supra- | above |
tachy- | rapid, fast |
trans- | through, across |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
allo- | other |
hyper- | excesive |
xeno- | strange, foreign |