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Medical Terminology
Prefix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-;an-;ana- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| ante- | before |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | twice |
| brady- | slow |
| carcin- | cancer |
| contra- | against |
| dys- | bad, abnormal, painful |
| ect- | out, outside |
| en- | in, inward, within |
| endo- | into, within |
| epi- | upon, above |
| ex- | out, away from |
| gynec/o- | woman |
| hemi- | one half |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| infra- | order |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | equal |
| macro- | very large |
| mal- | bad |
| micro- | 1/1,000,000 |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| non- | not |
| oligo- | scanty or few |
| pan- | all or of everything |
| para- | near, beside |
| per- | throught |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | plural for first |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| semi- | one half |
| sub- | under |
| super- | above, over |
| supra- | above or top of, upper |
| sym- | with |
| syn- | with |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | thee |
| uni- | one |
| xero- | dry |