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NVC Med Term Prefix
NVC prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ante:pro:pre | before |
| con:syn:sym | with |
| auto | self |
| bio | life |
| dys | faulty:painful:difficult |
| eu | normal |
| inter | between |
| mal | bad:abnormal |
| neo | new |
| pachy | thick |
| e:ec:ex:ecto:exo:extra | out:outside:away |
| en:endo:in:intra | in:inside |
| hyper | more:excessive:increased |
| hyper (position) | above |
| hypo | less:deficient |
| hypo (position) | below |
| infra:sub | less than |
| infra:sub (position) | under:below |
| meta | change |
| meta (position) | behind |
| super | excessive:more |
| super (position) | above |
| supra:ultra | excessive:outside |
| supra:ultra (position) | beyond |
| per | through |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| re | again:back |
| retro | backward:behind |
| ad (direction) | toward:to:near |
| ab (direction) | away from |
| anti:contra | against:opposed to |
| circum | around:circular |
| peri | around |
| de | not:from:down |
| dia:trans | across:through |
| dis | separate:apart |
| epi | above:upon |
| para | along:beside |
| uni:mono | one:single |
| bi:di | two |
| ambi | both |
| quadra:tetra | four |
| poly | many |
| multi | many:several |
| mega | large:excessive |
| olig | few:scant |
| micro | very small |
| hemi | half (right/left) |
| semi | part of whole |
| a:an | without |
| tachy | fast |
| brady | slow |
| pan | all |