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Prefix Medical Term

  1. A
    without
  2. ab
    from or away from
  3. ad
    towards
  4. an
    without or absense from
  5. ana
    up, again or backwards
  6. adeno
    a gland
  7. an
  8. angio
    vessel
  9. ante
    before or infront of 
  10. anti
    opposite or against
  11. auto
    Self
  12. bi/di
    two/twice/double
  13. bio
    life
  14. cephal
    head
  15. circum
    around
  16. contra
    oppisite or against
  17. cryro
    extreme cold
  18. cyto
    cell
  19. de
    separarte
  20. dia
    through
  21. dis
    apart
  22. dors
    back
  23. dis
    difficult or bad
  24. ecto/exo/ex
    outerside
  25. endo
    enter
  26. extend
    straightened 
  27. f
  28. flex
    bend
  29. glu/gly
    sweet
  30. histo
    tissue
  31. hetero
    opposite
  32. homeo/homo
    the same
  33. hydro
    water
  34. hyper
    excesive
  35. hypo
    below
  36. hyster
    uterus
  37. infra
    below
  38. inter
    in between
  39. intra
    within
  40. lipo
    fat
  41. meso
    middle
  42. meta
    beyond
  43. micro
    small
  44. mono
    one/single
  45. multi
    many/multiple
  46. narco
    sleep
  47. necro
    dead
  48. ophthalmo
    eye
  49. ot
    ear
  50. para
    along side
  51. patho
    disease
  52. peri
    around
  53. post
    after, rear, behind
  54. pre/pro
    before
  55. quad
    four
  56. re
    again
  57. recto
    straight
  58. retro
    backwards
  59. sub
    beneath/below
  60. super/supra
    above
  61. syn/sym
    joined
  62. therm
    heat
  63. trans
    across
  64. tri
    three
  65. uni
    one
Author
fidelforde
ID
183789
Card Set
Prefix Medical Term
Description
IHH Prefix for medical terminology
Updated

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