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Medical Term
Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | towards |
| ac | pertaining to |
| acro | heights, extremes |
| acu | sharp |
| af | toward |
| agora | marketplace |
| allo | other, different |
| amphi | both |
| an | no, not, without |
| ana | up, apart, away |
| ante | forward, in front of, before |
| anti | againist |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| bin | two |
| brady | slow |
| cata | down |
| circum | around |
| con | together |
| contra | opposite, against |
| de | down, lack of |
| di | two, both |
| dia | through, complete |
| dis | bad, abnormal, apart |
| dys | difficult, painful, abnormal, bad |
| e | outward |
| echo | sound, reverberation |
| ef | away from |
| en | in |
| end | within |
| endo | within |
| epi | above, upon |
| eso | inward |
| eu | healthy, normal |
| ex | out |
| exo | outside |
| extra | outside |
| hemi | half |
| homo | same |
| hyper | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo | below, deficient, under, less than normal |
| in | in, not |
| infra | down, under |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| ipsi | same |
| levo | left |
| mal | bad, poor |
| meta | beyond, change |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mid | middle |
| multi | many |
| neo | new |
| non | not |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pan | all |
| par | beside,near |
| para | near, beside, abnormal |
| per | through |
| peri | surrounding, around |
| poly | many, much, excessive, frequent |
| pre | before, in front of |
| primi | first |
| pro | forward, in front of, in favor of |
| quadra | four |
| quadri | four |
| re | back, backward, again |
| retro | backward |
| semi | half |
| sub | under, below |
| supra | upward, above |
| syn | together, joined |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| tetra | four |
| trans | through, across |
| tri | three |
| uni | one |