Medical Terminology-Prefixes
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CadetLitchfield on January 25, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a, an | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| aut | self |
| bi | both, two |
| brady | slow |
| circum | round |
| contra | against |
| di | two |
| diplo | double |
| dys | painful, difficult |
| ecto | outside |
| endo, intra | inside |
| epi | upper, above |
| ex | out, from |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | excessive, above, more than |
| hypo | dificient, below, less than |
| inter | between |
| lateral | side |
| lipo | fat |
| mal | bad, difficult |
| mega/macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono, uni | one, single |
| neo | new |
| ortho | straight |
| peri | around |
| poly | many, much |
| post | behind, after |
| pre | before, in front of |
| pro | forward |
| pseudo | false |
| retro | backward, behind |
| semi | half |
| sub | below |
| tachy | fast |
| tele | distant, far |
| trans | across |
| ultra | beyond, excess |
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