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medicalterm prefixes
Question | Answer |
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a- | no/without |
an- | no/without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ante- | before |
pre- | before |
pro- | before |
anti- | against |
contra- | against |
bi- | two |
di- | two |
brady- | slow |
de- | down from, removing |
dia- | through, between, across |
dys- | difficult/abnormal |
ecto- | outside/without/away from |
ex- | outside/without/away from |
exo- | outside/without/away from |
en- | inside |
endo- | inside |
em- | inside |
eso- | inside |
epi- | above/on |
eu- | good/normal |
hemi- | half |
semi- | partly |
hyper- | excessive, greater than normal |
hypo- | beneath/below normal, under |
sub- | beneath/below normal, under |
in- | not |
infra- | beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | within/inside of |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
meso- | middle or moderate |
micro- | small |
multi- | many/excessive |
poly- | many/excessive |
mono- | one |
uni- | one |
nulli- | none |
para- | near, beside, resembling, abnormal |
per- | through, by, or completely |
peri- | around/near |
post- | after, behind |
primi- | first |
re- | back, again |
retro- | behind, backward |
super- | more than normal, excessive |
supra- | above, over |
syn | together |
sym- | union |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across/through |
uni- | one |