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Basic Medical Terminology - Prefixes

  1. a-, an-, ar-
    without
  2. ab-
    away from
  3. ana-
    again, upward, back
  4. anti-
    against
  5. bi-
    two
  6. bio-
    life
  7. brady-
    slow
  8. cata-
    down
  9. cyan-
    blue
  10. dia-
    across, through
  11. dys-
    difficult
  12. endo-
    in, within
  13. epi-
    on, over, upon
  14. exo-, extra-
    outside
  15. hetero-
    different
  16. homo-, homeo-
    same
  17. hyper-
    too much, high
  18.  hypo-
    low, under
  19. intro-
    within
  20. inter-
    between
  21.  iso-
     equal, same
  22. macro-
    large, long
  23. mal-
    poor
  24. micro-
    small
  25. mono-
    one
  26. neo-
    new
  27. poly-
    many, much
  28. post-
    after
  29. pre-
    before
  30. per-
    through
  31. peri-
    around
  32. semi-
    half
  33. sub-
    below, under
  34. tachy-
    rapid
  35. tri-
    three
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Basic Medical Terminology - Prefixes
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medical prefixes
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