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Carnegie Prefixes
A&P Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, an, ar | without; lack of |
| ab | away from |
| ad | to; toward |
| ambi | both |
| amphi | both sides |
| ana | up; apart |
| ante | before; in front of; forward |
| anter/o | in front; before |
| anti | against |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| cata | down |
| circum | around |
| co, com, con | together |
| contra | against;opposite |
| de | lack of; down; away from |
| dextr/o | right side |
| di | two |
| dia | between; through; complete |
| dipl, dipl/o | double, two-fold |
| dors/o | back |
| dys | painful; difficult; bad |
| ec, ex | out, out from |
| ect/o, exo, extra | outside, outward |
| em, en | in |
| endo | within |
| epi | upon; above |
| eu | good; normal |
| extra | outside |
| hemi | half |
| heter/o | different |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| homo | same |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper | above; excessive; beyond |
| hypo | below; deficient; under |
| im, in | not, in |
| infra | below; inferior to |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| is/o | equal |
| later/o | side |
| macro | large; visible to the naked eye |
| mal | bad |
| meso, mid, medi | middle |
| meta | change; beyond, after, over |
| micro | small; not visible to the naked eye |
| mon/o | one |
| multi | many, much |
| neo | new |
| pachy | thick |
| pan | all |
| para | beside; along side; near |
| per | through |
| peri | around; surrounding |
| poly | many, much |
| post | after; behind |
| poster/o | posterior, behind, toward the back |
| pre | before; in front of |
| primi | first |
| pro | before |
| pseud/o | false |
| quad, quadri | four |
| re | back; again |
| retro | behind; backward |
| scler/o | hard |
| semi | part of; half |
| sinistr/o | left side |
| sub | under; below |
| super | above; upper, excessive |
| supra | above; upon |
| sym, syn | together, with, joined |
| tachy | fast |
| tetra | four |
| trans | across, through |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond; in excess |
| uni | one |