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PREFIX
Medical Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A-,An | With out / absence of |
| Ab- | Form / away |
| Ad- | To or Toward |
| Ana- | Up |
| Ante- | Before |
| Anti- | Against |
| Append- | To hang something |
| Bi-, Bin- | Two |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Contra- | Against |
| Di- | Two |
| Dis- | To Undo ; Free from |
| Ecto- , Exo , Extra- | Outside |
| Endo- | Within |
| Epi- | upon |
| Erythr- | Red |
| Glyc- | Sweet |
| Hyper- | Over |
| Hypo- | Under |
| Im- | Not |
| Infra- | Beneath ; Below |
| Inter- | Between |
| Intra- | Inside |
| Iso- | Equal |
| Macro- | Many |
| Mal- | Bad |
| Meso- | Middle |
| Meta- | Change |
| Micro- | small |
| Mono- | one |
| Multi- | Many |
| Mut- | After |
| Neo- | New |
| Para- | Beside |
| Patho- | Disease |
| Peri- | Surrounding |
| Poly- | Many |
| Post- | After |
| Pre- | Before |
| Pseudo- | Flase |
| Re- | Back , Again |
| Retro- | Backward / behind |
| Semi- | Half |
| Sub- | Under / below |
| Super- | Over / above |
| Syn- | Together / joined |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Tetra- | Four |
| Trans- | Through , across , beyond |
| Tri- | Three |
| Ultra- | Beyond ; excess |
| Uni- | one |