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med term prefixes
ansgenius- medical terminology prefixes
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| acro- | extremities/point |
| agora- | open place |
| ambly- | dull/dim |
| an- | without |
| aniso- | unequal |
| ante- | before |
| auto- | self |
| bin- | two each/double |
| brady- | slow |
| crypto- | hidden |
| dextro- | right |
| di- | two/double |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | double |
| dys- | difficult/painful |
| electro- | electrical |
| ellipto- | shaped like an ellipse |
| en- | in/within |
| endo- | inside/within |
| epi- | above/upon/on |
| eu- | good |
| ex- | out/out of/away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above/abnormal increase |
| hypo- | below/abnormal disease |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within/inside |
| iso- | same/equal |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large |
| meso- | middle |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | all |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| oligo- | deficiency/little/few |
| ortho- | straight |
| pachy- | thick |
| pan- | all |
| para- | beside/near |
| peri- | around |
| plasma- | plasma cell |
| poikil- | varied/irregular |
| polio- | grey matter (of CNS) |
| poly- | many/much |
| post- | after/behind |
| pre- | before/in front of |
| presby- | old man/old age |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before |
| prostho- | adding (replacement part) |
| quadri- | four |
| secundi- | second |
| sub- | under/below |
| tachy- | fast |
| tetra- | four |
| uni- | one |
| xantho- | yellow |
| xero- | dry |