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Com Gen Prefixes

Commonly Used General Prefixes

PrefixMeaningExample
A- Without, not, no Aphasia
Ab- Away from Abduct
Ad- Toward Adduct
Ante- Before, forward Anteflexion
Auto- Self Autoimmune
Bio- Life Biology
Brady- Slow Bradycardia
Circum- Around Circumcision
Con- Together, with Congenital
Contra- Against Contraindication
Dia- Complete, through Diarrhea
Dys- Bad, abnormal, painful Dysuria
Ecto- Out, outside Ectopic
En- In, within, inward Encapsulated
Endo- Into, within Endoscopic
Epi- Upon, above Epidermal
Eu- Good, normal, well Euphoria
Ex-, exo- Out, away from Excision
Extra- Outside Extracellular
Hyper- Excessive, above Hyperglycemia
Hypo- Below, deficient, under Hypotension
In- Not, into, in Infusion
Infra- Below, inferior Infracostal
Inter- Between Interfemoral
Intra- Within, into, inside Intradermal
Iso- Same, equal Isograft
Macro- Large Macrocyte
Mal- Bad, poor Malaise
Meso- Middle Mesoderm
Meta- Change, beyond, after Metastasis
Micro- Small Microscope
Multi- Many Multilingual
Neo- New Neonatal
Nulli- None Nullipara
Para- Near, beside, abnormal, alongside Parathyroid
Per- Through Perforated
Peri- Around, surrounding Pericardium
Poly- Many, excessive Polycystic
Post- Behind, after Postpartum
Pre- Before, in front of Premature
Pro- Before, in front Prognosis
Re- Again, back Reactive
Retro- Behind, backward Retrograde
Sub- Below, under, beneath Sublingual
Super- Above, over Superficial
Supra- Above, on top of, upper Suprarenal
Syn- Together, with, union Syndactylism
Tachy- Fast Tachypnea
Trans- Across Transhepatic
Ultra- Beyond, excessive Ultrasound
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