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Medical Terminology
Prefix
Term | Definition |
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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 |