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Medical Terminology Prefixes

TermDefinition
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-0 first
pro- before
pseud/o false
quad, quadri- four
re- back; again
retro- behind; backward
scler/o- hard
semi- part of; half
sinister/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
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