Nursing prefixes
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Created by:
slbee627 on August 31, 2012
Description:
Common prefixes
Classes:
anatomy and physiology, anatomy and physiology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ambi | both |
| an | not |
| ana | up |
| ante | before, in front of |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| cata | down |
| circum | around |
| co | with |
| con | with |
| contra | against |
| de | from, lack of |
| dia | through, across |
| diplo | double |
| dis | to free or undo |
| dys | bad, painful, abnormal |
| ec | out |
| ecto | outside |
| em | in |
| endo | in, within |
| enter | intestine |
| epi | above, upon |
| eu | good, normal |
| ex | out, away |
| exo | outside |
| extra | outside |
| gastr | stomach |
| hemi | one half |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| hyper | excessive |
| hypo | under, below |
| im | not |
| in | in, not |
| infra | under, below |
| inter | between |
| intra | in, within |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| mesa | middle |
| meta | beyond |
| micro | small |
| medi | middle |
| mono | one |
| multi | many |
| neo | new |
| osteo | bone |
| pan | all |
| para | near, beside |
| per | through, by |
| peri | around |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| primi | first |
| pro | before |
| pseudo | false |
| quadri | four |
| re | back |
| retro | backward, behind |
| scler | hardening |
| semi | one half |
| sub | under |
| super | above |
| supra | above |
| sym | together |
| syn | union |
| tachy | rapid |
| therm | heat |
| trans | through |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond |
| uni | one |
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