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Chabner, Prefixes

Chabner, Language of Medicine 7th ed Prefixes

Prefix	Meaning
a-	no, not, without
an-	no, not, without
auto-	self, own
dia-	through, complete
endo-	within
epi-	above, upon
ex-	out
exo-	out
hyper-	excessive, above, more than normal
hypo-	deficient, below, less than normal
in-	into, in
peri-	surrounding, around
pro-	before, forward
re-	back, backward, again
retro-	behind
sub-	below, under
trans-	across, through
ana-	up
cata-	down
inter-	between
meta-	change
ab-	away from (hint: the "b" faces away from the "a")
ad-	toward (hint: the "d" faces towards the "a")
anti-	against
bi-	two
brady-	slow
cata-	down
con-	with, together
contra-	against, opposite
de-	down, lack of
dia-	through, complete
dys-	bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-, ecto-	out, outside
en-, endo-	in, within
epi-	upon, on, above
eu-	good, normal
ex-	out, away from
hemi-	half
in-	not, into, within
infra-	beneath
inter-	between
intra-	into, within
macro-	large
mal-	bad
meta-	change, beyond
micro-	small
neo-	new
pan-	all
para-	abnormal, beside, near
per-	through
peri-	surrounding
poly-	many, much
pre-	before, in front of
pro-	before, forward
pseudo-	false
sub-	under
supra-	above, upper
syn-, sym-	together, with
tachy-	fast
ultra-	beyond, excess
uni-	one

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Chabner, Prefixes

Chabner, Language of Medicine 7th ed Prefixes