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Prefixes
Medical term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | without or absence of |
| ab- | from or away |
| ad- | to or towards |
| ana- | up |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| append- | to hang something |
| bi-, bin- | two |
| Brady- | slow |
| contra- | against |
| di- | |
| dis- | |
| ecto-, exo-, extra-, | outside |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| erythr- | red |
| inter- | between |
| im- | not |
| hyper- | over |
| intra- | inside |
| iso- | equal |
| infra- | beneath, below |
| hypo- | under |
| glyc- | sweet |
| mono- | one |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | after |
| mut- | change |
| multi- | many |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after |
| poly- | many |
| peri- | surrounding |
| patho- | disease |
| para- | beside |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| re- | back, again |
| pseudo- | false |
| tachy- | fast |
| tetra- | four |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| uni- | one |
| super- | over or above |
| tri- | three |
| sub- | under or below |
| sun- | together or joined |
| sem- | half |