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Med Terms Prefixes

Medical Terminology UAB SON (Prefix)

QuestionAnswer
a without
ab away from
abd abdominal
acu sharp
ad toward
adip fat
ad lib freely, as wanted
aero air, gas
al toward
ambi both
an not
ana up
ante before, in front of
anti against
arteri artery
arthro joint
auto self
bi two
brady slow
cata down
chole bile
cili eyelid
circum around
co with, together
cogni know
colo colon
con with, together
contra against
crani skull
cut skin
cyt cell
de from, lack of
demi half
dent tooth
derm skin
dia through, across
diplo double, twofold
dis to free or undo
dors back
dur hard
dy two
dys bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec out, out from
ecto outside
embol to insert
encephalo brain
endo in, within
entero intestine
epi above, upon
erythro red
eso within, inward
et and
eu good, normal
ex out, away from
exo outside of
extra outside
faci face
fiss split, cleft
fore before, in front of
gastro stomach
glosso relating to the tongue
glyco sugar
haplo simple, single
heme iron based
hemi one half
hepat liver
hetero different
histo tissue
homo same
hydro wet, water
hyper excessive, above normal
hypo under, below normal
im not
in in, not
infra under, below
inter between
intra in, within
iso equal, alike
lapra loin or flank sometimes abdomen
lapis stone
latero side
macro large
mal bad
meato opening
medi middle
melano black
mesa middle
meso middle
meta beyond, change
micro small
mono one
morpho form, structure
multi many, much
neo new
nephro kidney
oculo eye
onco tumor
oro mouth
osteo bone
pan all
para beside, beyond
per through, by
peri around
phago eating
poly many, much
post after, behind
pre before, in front of
primi first
pro before, in front of
pseudo false
quadri four
re again, backward
retro backward, behind
rhabdo rod shaped, striated
rhodo red
scler hardening
semi one half
sub under, below
super above, excessive
supra above, excessive
stetho chest
sym together
syn union, together, joined
tachy rapid
tetra four
therm heat
trans through, across
ultra beyond, excess
uni one
vas vessel or duct
xantho yellow
xero dry
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