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nursing prefixes
nursing
| prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against, opposed |
| de- | down, lack of, less, removal of |
| dia- | through, between, complete |
| dys- | difficult, bad, painful, abnormal |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| endo- | inside, in, within |
| epi- | upon, above, on |
| eu- | good, well, normal |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | high, too much, excessive |
| hypo- | low, less than, below, deficient, under |
| inter- | between |
| infra- | beneath, below, inferior to |
| intra | within, into |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| retro- | backward, behind, back |
| sub- | under, less than, below |
| super- supra- | above, in addition to, upper |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | beyone, excess |