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Medical Term
Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A- | Without |
| Ap- | Separation from |
| Ab- | Away from |
| Ad- | Toward |
| Anti- | Against |
| Ambi- | Both |
| Ana- | Up, toward, apart |
| Ante- | Before, in front of, forward |
| Auto- / Aut | self |
| Bi- | Two, double, twice |
| Cata- | Down, Under, Lower, Against |
| Circum- | Around |
| Contra- | Opposed , against |
| De- | Down, from |
| Di- | Two, or twice |
| Dia- | Between, through, across |
| Dis - | Apart from, free from |
| Dys - | Difficult, painful, bad |
| Ec - | Out of |
| Ecto- | Outside |
| Endo- | Within, inside |
| Em- | In |
| Ex- / Exo | Without, out of, outside, away from |
| Eu- | Good, easy |
| Epi- | upper |
| Extra- | Outside |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Elevated, more than normal |
| Hypo- | Decreased, below |
| In- | Not |
| Infra- | Below, beneath |
| Intro- | Into, within |
| Inter- | Between |
| Intra- | Within |
| Meta- | Beyond |
| Micro- | Small |
| Multi- | Many |
| Neo- | New, recent |
| Poly- | Many |
| Pre- | Before |
| Post- | After |
| Peri- | Around |
| Pan- | All |
| Para- | Beside, beyond, after |
| Per- | Throughout, excessive |
| Pseudo- | false |
| Re- | Again, backward |
| Retro- | Backward, behind |
| Sub- | Below |
| Super / Supra | Above, beyond |
| Semi- | Half |
| Trans- | Across |
| Ultra- | Above, increased |