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Medical Terminology- Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without or absence of |
| ab- | from or away |
| ad- | to or towards |
| ana- | up |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| append- | to hang something |
| bi-, bin- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against |
| di- | two |
| dis- | to undo; free form |
| ecto-, exo-, extra- | outside |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| erythy- | red |
| glyc- | sweet |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| im- | not |
| infra- | beneath; below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | inside |
| iso- | equal |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | after |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| mut- | change |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside |
| patho- | disease |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| psuedo- | false |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under or below |
| super- | over or above |
| syn- | together or joined |
| tachy- | fast |
| tetra- | four |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond; excess |
| uni- | one |