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Medical Prefixes

Medical Prefixes (CW104)

Word PartMeaningExample
acu- sharp, abrupt, sudden acupuncture, acute
a-, ad- towards adsorbent, adsternal
a-, an- without anesthesia, apathy, anemia
ab- from, away, from abaxial, abnormal, abscess
allo- other, another allopathy, AlloDerm
ana- up to, back, again, apart anaplastic, anabolic
ante- before, forwards antecubital, ante-cibum
auto- self antitoxin, antiseptic, antidepressant
anti- against, opposite autoimmune
bi- twice, double biceps, bisulfite
brady- slow bradycardia, bradytaxia
cata- down catabolism
circum- around circumoral, circumcision
con- together congestion, concurrent
contra- against contraindication
cuti- skin cuticle
de- from, away from, down from decongestant
deci- ten decimal
di-, dis- two distillation, dissect
dia- through, complete dialysis, diarrhea
dipl-, diplo- double diplococcic, diplopia
dis- separation distended
dur- hard, firm durable
dys- bad, abnormal dystrophy, dyspepsia
e-, ec-, ecto- out, from out of ectopic
en-, endo- into endarteritis, endometriosis
epi- on, up, against, high epidermis, epidural
eu- well, normal, abundant eupnea, euphoria
ex-, exo- out, from out of exotropia, excision
extra- outside, beyond, in addition extraoral, extrahepatic
hemi- half hemiplegia
hetero- different heterophilic
homo- same homeopathy, homogenous
hyper- above, excessive hyperalimentation, hypertension
hypo- below, deficient hypodermic, hypovolemic
im-, in- not impotence, inaccurate
in- into invasive
infra- below, underneath infracardiac
inter- among, between intercostal
intra- among, between intravenous, intrauterine
iso- equal, same isomorphic, isotonic
macro- large macrocytic, macrophage
mal- bad mal-micro, malnutrition, malaise
mega- large megavitamin
megalo- large megalomania
meta- change, between metastasize, metacarpal
micro- small micron, microscope
mono- one mononucleosis, monocyte
neo- new antineoplastic, neonate
non- not nontoxic, nonsteroidal
pan- all, across, throughout pandemic, panacea
para- beside, to the side of, wrong paranasal, parasympathetic
per- by, through, throughout percutaneous
peri- around pericardium
poly- many polymorphonuclear, polypharmacy
post- behind, after postpartum, postoperative
pre- before, in front prenatal, premature infant
primi- first primigravida
pro- before, in front proptosis
pros- besides, in addition prosthesis
psuedo- false psuedoplegia
quadri- four quadriplegia
re-, red- back, again reconstitute, reduce
retro- backwards, behind retrovirus, retrocardiac
semi- half semiconscious
sub- under, beneath subcutaneous
super- above, in addition, over excessive supersensitive
supra- above, on upper side, excessive suprarenal
syn- together, with syndrome
tachy- rapid tachypnea
tetra- four tetracycline
trans- across, beyond, through transocular, transfusion
tri- three triceps, tricyclic
ultra- beyond, excess, more ultrasound, ultrasensitivity
uni- one unicellular
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