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MED Term 104
Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- an- | not (aphasia) (anemia) |
| anti- | against (antibiotics) |
| contra- | against (contraceptive) |
| de- | down, away from (dehydration) |
| ante- | before (antepartum) |
| pre- | before (precondition) |
| pro- | before, on be half of (probiotic) |
| brady- | slow (bradycardia) |
| tachy- | fast (tachycardia) |
| post- | after (postpartum) |
| re- | again (rehabilitation) |
| ab- | away (abduct) |
| ad- | toward (adduction) |
| circum- | around (circumcision) |
| peri- | around (pericardium) |
| dia- trans- | through (diagnostic) (translate) |
| e- | out (evoke) |
| ec- | out (ectopic) |
| ex- | out (exhale) |
| ecto- exo- extra- | outside (ectoderm) (exoskeleton) |
| en- endo- intra- | in, inside (enema, endocrine, intravenous) |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| hemi- semi- | half |
| hyper- | over normal conditions |
| hypo- | under normal conditions |
| macro- | large (macrotia) |
| micro- | small |
| uni- mono- | 1 |
| bi- | 2 |
| tri- | 3 |
| quad- | 4 |
| oligo- (AW-lig-goh) | few (oligomenorrhea) light blood flow |
| poly- multi- | many (polygraph, multicellular) |
| con- syn- sym- | with, together (congestion, syndrome, symmetry) |
| dys- | bad (dysentery) |
| eu- | good (euphoria) |
| multi- poly- | many |
| intra- | in, inside |
| pan- | all |
| post- | after |
| sub- | beneath |
| dia- | through |
| epi- | upon |