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Prefixes
Prefixes For Diseases Or Conditions
Term | Definition |
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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 |