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Common Medical Pre
Commonly Used medical prefixes
Prefix | Meaning | Example |
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A-,An- | Without;Lacking | Ex: Anemia |
Andr/o- | Male | Ex: Androgen |
Auto- | Self | Ex: Autocrine |
Contra- | Against | Ex: Contraception |
Cyt/o- | Cell | Ex: Cytokine |
Dis- | Separation; Taking apart | Ex: Dissection |
Dys- | Difficult; Abnormal | Ex: Dyspnea |
Eu- | Good; Well | Ex: Eupnea |
Fibr/o- | Fiber | Ex: Fibrosis |
Gluco-, Glyco- | Glucose; Sugar | Ex: Glycogen |
Gyn/o-, Gynec- | Female | Ex: Gynecology |
Idio- | Self; One's own | Ex: Idiopathic |
Lyso-, Lys- | Break down; Destruction; | Ex: Lysosome |
Mal- | Bad; Abnormal | Ex: Malignant |
Necr/o- | Death | Ex: Necrosis |
Neo- | New | Ex: Neonate |
Oxy- | Sharp; Acute; Oxygen | Ex: Oxytocin |
Pan-, Pant/o- | All or everywhere | Ex: Pancytopenia |
Re- | Again; Backward | Rejuvenation |
Somat/o-, Somatico- | Body; Bodily | Somatic cell |