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Medical Roots
Medical Prefixes (by Taylor Douglas)
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Anatomy
10th Grade
09/28/2010

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Term
a-, an-
Definition
without, lacking, deficient, not
Term
ab-
Definition
away from
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ad-, af-
Definition
toward, to, near
Term
ambi-, ampho-, amphi-
Definition
both, double
Term
ana-
Definition
up, toward, apart
Term
andro-
Definition
man
Term
ante-
Definition
before, in front of, forward
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anti-, ant-
Definition
against, opposing, preventing
Term
ap-, apo-
Definition
seperation from, derived from
Term
aut-, auto-
Definition
self
Term
brachy-
Definition
short
Term
brady-
Definition
slow
Term
cata-
Definition
down, under, lower, against
Term
circum-
Definition
around
Term
co-, com-, con-
Definition
with, together
Term
contra-
Definition
against, opposite
Term
de-
Definition
down, from
Term
dextro-
Definition
to the right
Term
dia-
Definition
through, between, apart, across
Term
dis-
Definition
apart, free from
Term
dorso-
Definition
to the back
Term
dys-
Definition
difficult, bad, painful, abnormal
Term
e-, ec-, ef-, ex-
Definition
out of, from, away from
Term
ect-, ecto-, exo-
Definition
outside of
Term
em-, en-, eso-
Definition
in, into, within
Term
end-, endo-, ent-, ento-
Definition
within, inside
Term
ep-, epi-
Definition
upon, on, over
Term
eu-
Definition
normal, good, healthy
Term
extra-, extro-
Definition
outside of, beyond, outward
Term
gyn-, gyno-
Definition
woman, female
Term
hemi-
Definition
half, partial
Term
hetero-
Definition
different, other
Term
hyper-
Definition
excessive, above, beyond
Term
hyp-, hypo-
Definition
under, beneath, deficient
Term
im-, in-
Definition
in, into, within, not
Term
infra-
Definition
below, beneath
Term
inter-
Definition
between
Term
intra-, intro-
Definition
within, into
Term
mal-
Definition
bad, abnormal
Term
mega-, megalo-
Definition
large, big
Term
mes-, meso-
Definition
middle
Term
meta-
Definition
change
Term
micr-, micro-
Definition
small
Term
mult-, multi-
Definition
many
Term
neo-
Definition
new, recent
Term
noso-
Definition
disease
Term
oligo-
Definition
little, few
Term
pan-
Definition
all, entire
Term
para-
Definition
beside, beyond, after
Term
per-
Definition
through, excessive
Term
peri-
Definition
around, surrounding
Term
poly-
Definition
many, much, excessive
Term
post-
Definition
after, behind
Term
pre-, pro-
Definition
before, in front of
Term
pseud-, pseudo-
Definition
false
Term
pyo-
Definition
pus
Term
pyro-
Definition
fire
Term
re-, retro-
Definition
backward, behind, again
Term
semi-
Definition
half
Term
steno-
Definition
narrow
Term
sub-
Definition
under, below, beneath
Term
super-, supra-
Definition
above, excess, superior
Term
sym-, syn-
Definition
together, with
Term
tachy-
Definition
fast
Term
telo-
Definition
end
Term
therm-
Definition
heat
Term
trans-
Definition
across, through, beyond
Term
ultra-
Definition
beyond, excess
Term
xero-
Definition
dry
Term
albus-
Definition
white
Term
chloro-
Definition
green
Term
chromo-
Definition
color
Term
cirrhos-
Definition
orange-yellow
Term
cyano-
Definition
blue
Term
erythro-
Definition
red
Term
leuko-
Definition
white
Term
luteus-
Definition
yellow
Term
melano-
Definition
black
Term
polio-
Definition
gray
Term
porphyro-
Definition
purple
Term
rhodo-
Definition
red
Term
xantho-
Definition
yellow
Term
nulli-
Definition
none
Term
hablo-
Definition
single
Term
mon-, mono-
Definition
one
Term
bi-, di-, dipl-
Definition
two, double, twice
Term
tri-
Definition
three
Term
quadri-, tetra-
Definition
four
Term
penta-
Definition
five
Term
hex-, sex-
Definition
six
Term
octo-, octa-
Definition
eight
Term
deci-
Definition
ten
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