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Medical Prefixes
Medical Flash Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | no, not, without, lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| acro- | extremities, extremes |
| ad- | toward |
| allo- | other, different |
| an- | no, not, without |
| ana- | up, apart,away |
| ante- | forward, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| apo- | separate, away from |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | opposite, against |
| de- | lack of, down |
| di- | two, both |
| dia_ | complete, through |
| dys- | bad, painful, abnormal, difficult |
| e- | out, outward |
| echo- | sound, reverberation |
| ec-,ecto- | out, outward |
| en - | in |
| end-, endo | within |
| epi- | above, on top of |
| eso- | inward |
| eu- | healthy, normal |
| ex-, exo- | out |
| extra- | outside |
| hemi- | half, partial |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, decreased |
| in- | in, not |
| infra- | down |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ipsi- | same |
| levo- | left |
| macro- | large |
| meta- | beyond |
| micro- | small, tiny |
| mono- | one |
| neo- | new |
| non- | not |
| oxy- | rapid |
| pan- | all |
| par- | near, beside |
| para- | abnormal, near, beside |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many, much, excessive, frequent |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | in front of, forward, in favor of |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | again, back, backward |
| retro- | backward |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above, upward |
| syn- | joined together |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| tetra- | four |
| trans- | through across |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |