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medical terminology prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to;toward |
| ante- | before |
| astr- | star |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| ect- | outside;outer |
| en- | within;in |
| endo- | within;inner |
| epi- | above;upon |
| ex- | out;outer |
| hemi- | half |
| infra- | below;inferior |
| inter- | between;among |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | same;equal |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| carcin- | cancerous |
| meta- | change, after, beyond |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near, beside |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| sub- | below, under |
| super- | above, over, excess |
| supra- | above, on top of |
| syn- | together, with, union |
| a-, an-, ana- | no, not, without |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| milli- | one thousandth |
| dys- | difficult,painful |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | deficient, below |
| mal- | bad, poor, abnormal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| semi- | half |
| tachy- | fast |
| non- | not |
| bi- | two,double, both |
| centi- | hundred hundredth |
| dec - | ten |
| quadr- | four |