Prefixes - Medical Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
a-, an- | without, not |
ab- | from, away |
ad- | to, toward |
ambi-, amph-, amphi- | both, on both sides, around |
ante- | before |
antero- | in front of |
anti- | against, opposing |
auto- | self |
bi | twice, double |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down, lower, under |
centi- | hundred |
cephal- | head |
chol-, chole-, cholo- | gall |
chromo- | color |
circum- | around |
co-, com-, con- | together, with |
contra- | against |
cryo- | cold |
de- | down, from |
deca- | ten |
deci- | tenth |
demi- | half |
dextro- | to the right |
di- | double, twice |
dia- | through, apart, between |
dipla-, diplo- | double, twin |
dis- | apart, away from |
dys- | difficult, painful, bad, abnormal |
e-, ec-, ecto- | away, from, without, outside |
em-, en- | in, into, inside |
endo- | within, inside |
ento- | within, inner |
epi- | on, above |
erythro- | red |
eu- | good |
ex-, exo- | outside of, beyond, without |
extra- | outside of, beyond, in addition |
fore- | before, in front of |
gyn-, gyno-, gyne-, gyneco- | woman, female |
hemi- | half |
hetero- | other, unlike |
homeo-, homo- | same, like |
hyper- | above, over, increased, excessive |
hypo- | below, under, decreased |
idio- | personal, self-produced |
im-, in-, ir- | not |
in- | in, into |
infra- | beneath |
inter- | between, among |
intra-, intro- | into, within, during |
juxta- | near, nearby |
kata-, kath- | down, lower, under |
kineto- | motion |
leuco-, leuko- | white |
levo- | to the left |
macro- | large, long |
mal- | bad |
mega-, megalo- | large, great |
meio- | contraction |
melan-, melano- | black |
mes-, meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond |
micro- | small |
mio- | smaller, less |
mono- | single, one |
multi- | many |
neo- | new |
non-, not- | no |
nulli- | none |
ob- | against |
olig-, oligo- | few, less than normal |
ortho- | straight |
oxy- | sharp, acid |
pachy- | thick |
pan- | all, every |
par-, para- | alongside of, with; woman who has given birth |
per- | through, excessive |
peri- | around |
pes- | foot |
pluri- | more, several |
pneo- | breathing |
poly- | many, much |
post- | afer, behind |
pre-, pro- | before, in front of |
presby-, presbyo- | old age |
primi- | fast |
pseudo- | false |
quadri- | four |
re- | back, again |
retro- | backward, behind |
semi- | half |
steno- | contracted, narrow |
stereo- | sirm, solid, three-dimensional |
sub- | under |
super-, supra- | above, upon, excess |
sym-, syn- | with, together |
tachy- | fast |
tele- | distant, far |
tetra- | four |
tomo- | incision, section |
trans- | across |
tri- | three |
tropho- | nutrition, growth |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
uni- | one |
veni- | vein |
xanth-, xantho- | yellow |
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Kira.Burgoyne
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