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Terminology (prefix)
Penn Foster: Intro to Vet Tech: Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | lacking; without |
| ab- | from; away from |
| ad-, af- | to; toward |
| an- | without |
| ana- | up; upward |
| ante- | before |
| antero- | toward the front |
| anti- | against; opposite |
| auto- | self |
| carbo- | carbon; charcoal |
| circum- | around |
| com-, con-, | with; together |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| cuti- | skin |
| cyst- | bladder |
| de- | down; from |
| dia- | through; apart |
| dis- | separate; undo |
| dys- | painful; faulty |
| e- | without |
| ecto- | outer |
| ef-, ex-, exo- | out of; away from |
| en-, endo- | inner; within |
| ento- | functioning inside cells |
| epi- | over; upon |
| eu- | easy; true |
| extra- | outside of; in addition |
| fore- | before; in front |
| hetero- | different; other |
| homeo- | homo- same; similar |
| hyper- | more than normal; above |
| hypo- | less than normal; under |
| in- | in; not |
| infra- | below; under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, into |
| iso- | equal; alike |
| macro-, mega- | large |
| mal- | bad; poor |
| medi-, medio- | middle |
| mes- | middle; intermediate |
| meta- | change; last |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| par-, para- | beside; near; around |
| per- | throughout; thorough |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after; behind |
| pre-, pro- | in front of; before |
| re- | again; backward |
| retro- | behind; backward |
| sub- | under; below |
| super-,supra- | over; above |
| sym-, syn- | together; along with |
| trans- | across; through |