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Medical Prefixes PT

PrefixMeaningExample
ab- away from abduction
ad- toward adduction
ante- before antenatal
circum- around circumduction
con- (also co-, col-, com-, cor-) with; together convergent
dia- through; complete dialysis
ecto- outside ectogenous
endo-; en- within endoscope, encephalalgia
epi- upon; on top; above epicardium
eso- within estropia
ex-; exo- outward; out excise, exotropia
hyper- above; excessive hyperplasia
hypo- below; deficient hypogastric
in- (becomes ir- before r) in; into incision; irriatiation
infra- below; beneath infracostal
inter- between incercellular
intra- within intracellular
meta-; ultra- beyond metaplasia; ultrasound
per- through perfusion
peri- around perineuritis
post- after postpartum
pre- before; infront of prenatal
pro- before prognosis
sub- under sublingual
trans- across transection
anti- against antiarthritic
a-; an- no; not atoxic
contra- against contralateral
in- (becomes ir- before r; becomes im- before m, b, and p) not indigestible; irreducible; immature; imbalance; impotence
ana- apart; backward; up anaplasia
auto- self autolysis
bio- life biology
brady- slow bradypnea
dys- bad; difficult; painful dysplasia
macro- large macrocyte
mal- bad malaise
micro- small microencephaly
neo- new neonatal
pan- all pancarditis
syn- (becomes sym- before b, m, and p) joined synarthrotic
tachy- rapid tachycardia
bi-; di- two bilateral; diplegia
hemi-; semi- half hemihepatectomy; semicomatose
mono-; uni- one monocyte, unilateral
multi-; poly- many multiform, polyadenoma
quadri- four quadriplegia
tri- three triceps
cata- down catabolism
mort- death mortal
re- back resection
retro- behind retrogastric
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