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Prefixes
Prefixes of Medical Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward/near |
| endo | within/innermost |
| epi | above/upon |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| para | beside/beyond/around/abnormal |
| per | through |
| peri | around |
| post | after/behind |
| pre | before/ in front of |
| sub | below/underneath |
| trans | across /through |
| brady | slow |
| hyper | above/more than normal |
| hypo | below/deficient |
| poly | many/much |
| tachy | fast |
| ultra | excessive |
| bi | two |
| di | two |
| hemi | half/one side |
| mono | one |
| tri | three |
| quadri | four |
| semi | half/partial |
| tetra | four |
| uni | one |
| a | away from |
| an | without/not |
| anti | against |
| de | reversal/without |
| dys | painful/difficult/abnormal |
| eu | normal/good |
| mal | bad/inadequate |
| mega | large/great |
| micro | small |
| re | again & again/backward |
| super | more than/above |