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Prefixes
Medical term
Term | Definition |
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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 |