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Prefixes
Advanced Medical Terminology Chapter 4 ROOM221
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | No, Not, Without |
| ab- | Away from |
| ad- | Towards |
| 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- | Out, Outside |
| endo- | In, Within |
| epi- | Above |
| eu- | Good, Normal |
| ex- | Out, Outside |
| hemi- | Half |
| hyper- | Excessive, Above |
| hypo- | Deficient, Under |
| in- | Into, Within |
| infra- | Beneath, Under |
| inter- | Between |
| intra- | Within, Into, In |
| macro- | Large |
| mal- | Bad |
| meta- | Change |
| micro- | Small |
| neo- | New |
| pan- | All |
| para- | Abnormal, Beside, Near |
| per- | Through |
| peri- | Surrounding, Around |
| poly- | Many, Much |
| post- | After, Behind |
| pre- | Before, In front of |
| pro-, pros- | Before, Forward |
| re- | Again, Back |
| retro- | Behind |
| sub- | Under |
| supra- | Above, Upper |
| syn-, sym- | Together, With |
| tachy- | Fast |
| trans- | Across, Through |
| ultra- | Beyond, Excess |
| uni- | One |