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MedTerm prefixes
Medical Terminology 1a for eSchool
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up, back |
| an- | without |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- | against, opposed to |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | without, down from |
| di- | twice, double |
| dia- | through, completely |
| dys- | difficult, painful, abnormal |
| eu- | easy, normal, good |
| hetero- | different, other |
| homo- | same, like |
| hydro- | water |
| leuko- | white |
| mal- | bad |
| melano- | color |
| neo- | new |
| patho- | pertaining to disease |
| pseudo- | false |
| tachy- | fast |
| un- | not |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | over, excessive |
| hypo- | under, deficient |
| iso- | equal |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oglio- | little, deficient |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| quar- | four |
| quat- | four |
| semi- | half or partial |
| sub- | under, moderately |
| super- | above, excessive, more |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| ecto- | out from |
| epi- | upon, on |
| endo- | within |
| ex- | external, outward |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside of, in addition |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | inside, within |
| latero- | side |
| medi- | middle |
| para- | beside |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| post- | after, behind |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | above |
| trans- | across |
| noct- | night |