click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Prefix Medical term
Prefix Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | Without or absence of/not |
| anti-, contra- | Against |
| de- | Down, away from, lack of |
| ante-, pre- | Before |
| pro- | on behalf of, before |
| brady- | Slow |
| tachy- | Fast |
| post- | After |
| re- | Again |
| ab- | Away |
| ad- | Towards |
| circum-, peri- | Around |
| dia-, trans- | Through |
| exo-, ecto-, extra- | Outside |
| endo-, intra-, en- | Inside, in |
| inter- | Between |
| hyper- | Over |
| hypo- | Under, beneath |
| macro- | Large |
| Micro- | Small |
| oligo- | Few |
| pan- | All, total |
| poly-, multi- | Many |
| eu- | Good, normal |
| dys- | bad, painful, abnormal |
| syn-, sym- | With, together, joined |
| par- | Near, alongside, beside |