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Med Term
prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | without, away from |
| an- | without |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against |
| de- | without |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | within, inner |
| epi- | upon,over |
| eso- | inward |
| eu- | normal,good |
| ex- | external, outward |
| exo- | outward |
| extra- | outside of |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | over, above |
| hypo- | under, below |
| in- | not, inward |
| inter- | among, between |
| intra- | within, inside |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| myo- | to shut |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | beside, near, abnormal, two like parts of a pair |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| trans- | through, across |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| allo- | other |
| hyper- | excesive |
| xeno- | strange, foreign |