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VT123 prefixes
Veterinary Terminology - prefixes
Question | Answer |
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a- / an- | without / lack of / not |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward / to / near |
ambi- / amphi- / ampho- | both |
ana- | up / toward / apart |
ante- | before / in front of / forward |
anti- | against / opposing |
apo- | separation from / derived from |
auto- | self |
bi- | two / double / twice |
cata- | down / under / lower / against |
circum- | around |
co- (before a vowel) / com- (before b, m and p) / con- | with / together |
contra- | opposed / against |
de- | reverse / remove |
di- | two / twice |
dia- | between / through / apart / across / completely |
dis- | apart from / free from |
dys- | difficult / painful / abnormal |
e- / ec- / ex- | out of / from / away from |
ecto- / exo- | outer / outside / situated on |
em- (before b, m and p) / en- | in |
endo- | within / inner |
ep- / epi- | upon / on / over / above |
eu- | normal / good / well / healthy |
extra- | outside of / beyond |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive / above / beyond |
hyp- / hypo- | under / deficient / beneath |
im- (before b, m and p) / in- | in / into / within / not |
infra- | below / beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
intro- | into / within |
mes- / meso- | middle |
meta- | change / beyond / after |
micr- / micro- | small |
mult- / multi- | many |
neo- | new / recent |
pan- | all / entire |
para- | beside / beyond |
per- | through / excessive |
peri- | around |
poly- | many / much / excessive |
post- | after / behind |
pre- / pro- | before / in front of |
pseudo- | false |
re- | again / backward |
retro- | backward / behind |
semi- | half / partial |
sub- | under / beneath |
super- / supra- | above / superior / excess |
sym- (before b, m, p and ph) / syn- | together / with |
trans- | across / through |
ultra- | beyond / excess |