The Language of Medicine Prefixes Master
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thaidreams on February 17, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a-; an- | no; not; without |
| a-; an- | no; not; without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up; apart |
| ante- | before; forward |
| anti- | against |
| aut-; auto- | self; own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with; together |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| de- | down; lack of |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dorsi- | back |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| ec-; ecto- | out; outside |
| end-; endo- | in; within |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| eu- | good; normal |
| ex-; exo- | out; away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under |
| in- | in; into; not |
| infra- | beneath; under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | in; within; into |
| Intra- | within;into |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | beyond; change |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal; beside; near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| post- | after; behind |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | back; again; backward |
| retro- | behind; back; backward |
| sub- | under; below |
| sub- | under;below |
| supra- | above; upper |
| syn-; sym- | together; with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across; through |
| ultra- | beyond; excess |
| uni- | one |
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