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Common Prefixes
Module 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cost/o | rib |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| seps/o | infection |
| the/o | to put, place |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| a-, an | not, without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ante | before, forward |
| anti | against |
| auto | self, own |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| con | with, together |
| contra | against, opposite |
| dia | through, complete |
| dys | bad, difficult, painful |
| ec-, ecto | out, outside |
| en-, endo | in, within |
| epi | upon, on or above |
| ex | out, away from |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | excessive, above |
| hypo | deficient |
| infra | beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra | in, within |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| micro | small |
| pan | all |
| para | near, beside, abnormal, apart from |
| per | surrounding |
| poly | many, much |
| post | after, behind |
| pre | before, in front of |
| pro | before, forward |
| retro | behind, backward |
| sub | under |
| supra | above, upper |
| tachy | fast |
| trans | across, through |
| uni | one |