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Medical Terminology
Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind, tie connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together; to pour |
| -gen | substances that produces |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| a, an- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up, apart |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | upon, on, above |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex- | out, outside, away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | deficient, below |
| in- | not |
| in- | into, within |
| infra- | beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | in, within, into |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | abad |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| ply- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, forward |
| pros- | before, forward |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | above, upper |
| syn, sym- | together, with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |