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