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Medical Terminology: Prefixes
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09/15/2011
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Term
a-,an-
 Definition
Without, lacking, deficient, not
Term
ab-
 Definition
Away from
Term
ad-, af-
 Definition
Toward, to
Term
ambi-, ampho-, amphi-
 Definition
both
Term
ana-
 Definition
up
Term
andro-
 Definition
man
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, in front of foward
Term
anti-, ant-
 Definition
Against
Term
ap-, apo-
 Definition
Separation 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
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Contra-
 Definition
Against
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De-
 Definition
Down
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Dextro-
 Definition
To the right
Term
Dia-
 Definition
Through, between, apart, across
Term
Dis-
 Definition
Apart
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Dorso-
 Definition
To the back
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Dys-
 Definition
Difficult
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e-, ec-, ef-, ex-
 Definition
Out of, from away form
Term
Ect-, ecto-, exo
 Definition
Outside of
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Em-, En-, eso
 Definition
In, into, within
Term
end-, endo-, ent-, ento-
 Definition
Within, inside
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ep-, epi-
 Definition
Upon
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Eu-
 Definition
Normal, good, healthy
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extra-, extro-
 Definition
Outside of, beyond, outward
Term
gyn-, gyno-
 Definition
Woman, female
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Hemi-
 Definition
half, partial
Term
hetero-
 Definition
Different
Term
Hyper-
 Definition
Excessive
Term
hyp-, hypo-
 Definition
under beneath, deficient
Term
im-, in-
 Definition
In
Term
infra-
 Definition
Below
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inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-, intro-
 Definition
Within
Term
Mal
 Definition
Bad, abnormal
Term
mega-, megalo-
 Definition
Large
Term
mes-, meso-
 Definition
Middle
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meta-
 Definition
Change
Term
micr-, micro-
 Definition
Small
Term
mult-, multi-
 Definition
Many
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Neo-
 Definition
New, recent
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Noso-
 Definition
Disease
Term
oligo-
 Definition
little, few
Term
pan-
 Definition
All
Term
para-
 Definition
Beside
Term
per-
 Definition
Through
Term
peri-
 Definition
Around
Term
poly-
 Definition
Many
Term
post-
 Definition
After
Term
pre-, pro-
 Definition
before, in front of
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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
Term
super-, supra-
 Definition
above, excess, superior
Term
sym-, syn-
 Definition
together
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
telo-
 Definition
end
Term
therm
 Definition
heat
Term
trans
 Definition
across
Term
ultra
 Definition
beyond
Term
xero
 Definition
dry
Term
albus-
 Definition
White
Term
chloro-
 Definition
green
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
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porphyro-
 Definition
Purple
Term
rhodo-
 Definition
Red
Term
xantho-
 Definition
Yellow
Term
nulli-
 Definition
none
Term
haplo-
 Definition
single
Term
mon-, mono-
 Definition
one
Term
bi-,di-,dilp-
 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
nona-
 Definition
nine
Term
deci-
 Definition
ten
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