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Med Prefix
Medical Prefix
| Term | Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Without, absence of, not | ||
| Ab | Away from | ||
| Ad | Toward | ||
| Anti | Against | ||
| Auto | Self | ||
| Bi | Twice | ||
| Brady | Slow | ||
| Circum | Around | ||
| Contra | Against | ||
| De | Reverse, from, down | ||
| Endo | ln, inside | ||
| Epi | Over, upon | ||
| Ex | Out, outside, | ||
| Hemi | Half, one side | ||
| Hyper | Excessive | ||
| Hypo | Less than normal | ||
| Inter | Between | ||
| Intra | Inside | ||
| Ipsi | Same | ||
| Mal | Poor, bad | ||
| Meta | Change, beyond, over, after | ||
| Micro | Small | ||
| Multi | Many, several | ||
| Neo | New | ||
| Ortho | Straight | ||
| Para | Near, similar | ||
| Peri | Surrounding, around | ||
| Poly | Many | ||
| Post | After | ||
| Pre | Before | ||
| Pro | For, before | ||
| Pseudo | False | ||
| Quadri | Four | ||
| Retro | Back, behind, pulling backward | ||
| Sub | Below. beneath | ||
| Tachy | Fast | ||
| Trans | Across, through |