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Medical Terminology
Prefixes,
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | not |
| ab | away |
| ad | toward |
| an | not |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | bad |
| e- | out |
| ec- | out |
| endo- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| eu- | good |
| ex- | out |
| extra- | outside |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hydo- | under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | in, inside |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| re- | again |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | beneath |
| sym- | with, together |
| syn- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through |
| uni- | one |