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Group 1
Maribel Medical terminolgy prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ex, Extra, Exo | outside |
| Micro | small |
| Neo | New |
| Mono | One |
| Multi | Many |
| Nulli | None |
| Meso | Middle |
| Mega | exceptionally large |
| Meta | Over,beyond |
| Macro | Large |
| Peri | Around |
| Dys | painful,abnormal, difficult, bad |
| Circum | around |
| Brady | slow |
| Bi | two, twice, double |
| Epi | above, on |
| Endo | within, inside |
| Contra | against |
| De | down |
| Mal | bad |
| Ante | before |
| Eu | normal, good |
| Infra | beneath |
| A-an | without |
| Anti | against |
| Ab | away, from |
| Ad | toward |
| Hemi | Half |
| Hypo | Below, decreased, insufficient |
| Levo | to the left |
| Inter | between, among |
| Auto | Self |
| Ambi | Both |
| Adipo | Fat |
| Carcino | cancer |
| Arthro | joint |
| Adeno | gland |
| Brachi | Arm |
| Cutaneo | skin |
| Colpo | vagina |
| Cardio | heart |
| Chondro | cartilage |
| Gyno | Female |
| Angio | blood vessel |
| Di | two |
| Cryo | Cold |
| Presby | related to old age |
| Tachy | Fast |
| Pneu | Lung |
| Oligo | decreased, less |
| Metro | Uterus |
| Derm | skin |
| Entero | intestines |
| Cysto | bladder |
| Hystero | Uterus |
| Encephalo | Brain |
| Gastro | stomach |
| Lith | stone |
| Cyto | Cell |