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Medical Terminology: Prefixes
greek and latin prefixes for medical terms
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02/23/2011
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ante-
 Definition
before, forward, in front of
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auto-
 Definition
self
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bi-
 Definition
two
Term
circum-
 Definition
around
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contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
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dia-
 Definition
across, through, apart
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dys-
 Definition
bad, difficult, abnormal
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, too much, high
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hypo-
 Definition
decreased, not enough, less than normal, under, low
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
within
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mal-
 Definition
bad, illness, disease
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neo-
 Definition
new
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olig-
 Definition
small, scant
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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retro-
 Definition
backward, behind
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semi-
 Definition
half
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sub-
 Definition
under, beneath
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tri-
 Definition
three
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uni-
 Definition
one
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