MD Terminology 3rd e
| Description: | Prefixes in Medical Terminology (chpt 2) |
| Category: | Clinical Skills |
| Created by: | Queen Elizabeth on 2009-10-15 |
| Question | Answer |
| a | without |
| ab, abs | away from |
| ad | toward, to |
| ambi | both, around |
| an | without |
| ana | up, toward |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| apo | derived, separate |
| aut(o) | self |
| bi | twice, double |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| cata | down |
| circum | around |
| co, col, com, con, cor | together |
| contra | against |
| de | away from |
| di, dif, dir, dis | not, separated |
| dia | through |
| dys | abnormal, difficult |
| ecto | outside |
| endo | within |
| epi | over |
| eu | well, good, normal |
| ex | out of, away from |
| exo | external, on the outside |
| extra | without, outside of |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | above normal; overly |
| hypo | below normal |
| infra | positioned beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| iso | equal, same |
| mal | bad;inadequate |
| meg(a), megal(0) | large |
| meta | after |
| micro | small; microscopic |
| mono | single |
| multi | many |
| olig(0) | few;little;scanty |
| pan, panto | all, entire |
| para | beside; abnormal; involving two parts |
| per | through, intensely |
| peri | around, about, near |
| pluri | several, more |
| poly | many |
| post | after, following |
| pre | before |
| pro | before, forward |
| quadra, quadri | four |
| re | again, backward |
| retro | behind, backward |
| semi | half |
| sub | less than, under, inferior |
| super | more than, above, superior |
| supra | above, over |
| syl, sym, syn, sys | together |
| tachy | fast |
| trans | across, through |
| ultra | beyond, excessive |
| un | not |
| uni | one |
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Prefixes are word parts that modify the meaning of the word or word root. They attach to the BEGINNING of words. Prefixes tend to indicate size, quanitity, position, presence of, and location. |
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