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Medterm Prefix
all prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anti | against |
| A/An | without |
| Ab | movement away from body |
| Bi | 2 |
| Ad | movement toward body |
| Contra | opposite |
| Dys | faulty |
| Hyper | excessive |
| hypo | deficient |
| Super/Supa | on top |
| orth(o) | straight/correct |
| Tri | 3 |
| Andro | male |
| Auto | self |
| Bio | living/life |
| Chemo | chemistry |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Eu | good |
| Dis | separation |
| Fibr/o | fiber |
| Gyn/o | female |
| Gluco/ Glyco | sugar |
| hydro | water |
| Idio | self |
| Lyso | breaking down |
| Mal | bad |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| Necr/o | death |
| neo | new |
| oxy | oxygen/ acute/ sharp |
| pan/ pant/o | everyone |
| Pharmaco | pharmacy / doctors office |
| Re | backward/ again |
| somat/o | body/ bodily |
| what is a prefix? | word that comes before root word |