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medicalterm prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |