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Medical Terminology Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ante- | before |
circum- | around |
dia- | through; complete |
ecto- | outside |
endo- | within |
epi- | upon; on; above |
e-; ex-; exo-; extra- | out; outward; outside |
hyper- | excessive; above |
hypo- | below; deficient; under |
in- | in; into |
infra- | below; beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
meta- | beyond |
para- | near; beside |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
post- | after |
pre- | before; in front of |
pro- | before |
retro- | back; behind |
sub- | under; below |
supra- | above |
trans- | across |
ultra- | beyond |
anti- | against |
a-; an- | no; not; lack of |
contra- | against; opposite |
in- | not |
bi-; di- | two |
hemi-; semi- | half |
mono-; uni- | one |
multi-; poly- | many |
quadri- | four |
tri- | three |
ana- | apart; up |
auto- | self |
brady- | slow |
dys- | abnormal; bad; difficult; painful |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
syn-; sym- | together; with; joined |
tachy- | fast; rapid |
derma- | skin |
orthr- | straight |
meta- | beyond; change |
dorsi- | back |
para- | abnormal |
polio- | gray |
eu- | good |
ec- | out; outside |
tetra- | four |
re- | back |
eso- | inward |
brachy- | short |
conra- | against; opposite |
ex- | out; away from |
cata- | down |
con- | toggether; with |
en- | in; within |
de- | lack of; down |
em- | in |