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Medical Prefix's
Question | Answer |
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prim/i- | first |
mono/o- | one |
uni- | one |
bi- | two, twice |
di- | two, twice |
diplo- | double |
hemi- | half, one side |
semi- | half, partial |
tri- | three |
quadr/i- | four |
multi- | many |
poly- | many, much |
cyan/o- | blue |
erythr/o- | red |
leuk/o- | white, colorless |
melan/o- | black, dark |
xanth/o- | yellow |
a- an- | not, without, lack of, absence |
anti- | against |
contra- | against |
de- | down, without, removal, loss |
dis- | absence, removal, seperation |
in- im- | not |
un- | not |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward, near |
dia- | through |
per- | through |
trans- | through |
hyper- | over, excess, abnormally high, increased |
hypo- | under, below, abnormally low, decreased |
olig/o- | few, scanty, deficiency of all |
pan- | all |
super- | above, excess |
eu- | true, good, easy, normal |
hetero- | other, different, unequal |
homo- homeo- | same, unchanging |
iso- | equal, same |
macro- | large, abnormally large |
mega- megalo- | large, abnormally large |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
normo- | normal |
ortho- | straight, correct, upright |
poikilo- | varied, irregular |
pseudo- | false |
re- | agian, back |
ante- | before |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | before, in front of |
post- | after, behind |
dextr/o- | right |
sinistr/o- | left |
ecto- | out, outside |
ex/o- | away from, outside |
endo- | in, within |
mes/o | middle |
syn- sym- | together |
tel/e- tel/o- | end |