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Prefixes
Prefixes For Diseases Or Conditions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brady | slow |
| trachy | fast |
| a, an | with or without having |
| anti | against |
| brachy | short |
| cata | down, under, lower, against |
| contra | against, opposed |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| de | remove, take away, loss of |
| dis | apart from, free from |
| epi | skin |
| e, ec, ex | out of, from, away from |
| eu | normal, healthy |
| ecto | outside |
| glyc/o, gluc/o | sugar, sweet |
| hem/a, hemato/a, hemo | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hydr/o | wtaer, fluid |
| hyper | high, excessive |
| hypo | low, insufficient |
| mono | one |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| necr/o | death |
| neo | new |
| dolich/o | long |
| dys | difficult, painful, abnormal |
| olig/o | few, little |
| pan | all, entire |
| peri | surrounding |
| poly | many or much |
| pre | before |
| pseduo | false |
| py/o | pus |
| sub | below |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| un | not |
| ur/e, ur/ea, ur/eo, ur/in, ur/ino, ur/o | urine or urea |
| semi | partially, incompletely, somewhat |