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MED TERM

TERMINOLOGY Appendix A: Prefixes

TermDefinition
a-, an- not, without, lacking
ab-, abs- from; away; off
ad- to, toward; near the midline
ambi- 1. around, on all sides 2. both, double
an- 1. not; 2. up; upward; back; backward
ant-, anti- against, opposite
ante- 1. before
antero- Anterior
apo- separated from; derived from
auto- self, same
bi- twice; double
brachy- short
brady- Slow
cata- Down
circum- Around
co-, col-, com-, con-, cor- Together
com- with, together
con- with, together
contra- opposed, against
de- away from
di-, dif-, dir-, dis- not; separated
dia- through; throughout; completely
dys- abnormal, difficult; painful
ecto- outer, on the outside
epi- over
eu- well, good, normal
ex-, exo- external; out of; away from
extra- without, on the outside
hemi- half
hyper- excessive or above normal
hypo- low, below normal
in- 1. into; 2. not
infra- positioned beneath
inter- between; within
intra- within
iso- equal; same
macro- large; long
mal- bad; inadequate; abnormal
mega-, megalo- 1. very large; huge; 2. abnormally large; enlarged
mes-, meso- middle; median
meta- after, behind, altered
metr-, metri-, metro- uterus
micro- small; tiny
mid- middle
mon-, mono- Single
multi- many
my-, myo- muscle
neo- new, recent
pan-, panto- all; entire; the whole
par-, para- 1. near; beside 2. beyond; outside 3. assistant; associate 4. abnormal
per- 1. through; 2. intensely
peri- about, around, near
pluri- several; more
poly- many; multiple
post- after, following
pre- before; in front of
primi- first
pro- before, forward
quadra-, quadri- four
re- 1. again; 2. backward
retro- 1. backward; 2. located behind
semi- half; partial; similar to
sub- 1. less than; 2. under; 3. inferior
supra- above; over
syl-, sym-, syn-, sys- 1. together; united; 2. same; similar
tachy- speedy; fast; rapid
trans- across; through
tri- three
ultra- 1. beyond; 2. excessive
un- not
uni- one; single
presby- older age
endo- inside, within
para- beside
pseudo- false
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