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Med. Term. Prefixes

  1. a-
    no, not, without, lack of, apart
  2. ab-
    away from
  3. ad-
    toward, near
  4. ambi-
    both, both sides, around, about
  5. an-
    no, not, without, lack of
  6. ana-
    up, apart, backward, again, anew
  7. ant-
    against
  8. ante-
    before, forward
  9. anti-
    against
  10. apo-
    seperation
  11. astro-
    star-shapped
  12. auto-
    self
  13. bi-
    two, double
  14. bin-
    twice, two
  15. brachy-
    short
  16. brady-
    slow
  17. cac-
    bab
  18. centi-
    one hundred, one hundreth
  19. chromo-
    color
  20. circum-
    around
  21. con-
    with, together
  22. contra-
    against, opposite
  23. de-
    down, away from
  24. deca-
    ten
  25. di (a) -
    through, between, complete
  26. dia-
    through, between, complete
  27. dif-
    apart, free from, seperarte
  28. di (s)-
    two, apart
  29. dis-
    apart
  30. dys-
    bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
  31. ec-
    out, outside, outer
  32. ecto-
    out, outside, out
  33. em-
    in
  34. en-
    within, inner
  35. endo-
    within, inner
  36. ep-
    upon, over, above
  37. epi-
    upon, over, above
  38. eso-
    inward
  39. eu-
    good, normal
  40. ex-
    out, away from
  41. exo-
    out, away from
  42. extra-
    outside, beyond
  43. hemi-
    half
  44. heter-
    different
  45. hetero-
    different
  46. homo-
    similiar, same
  47. hydr-
    water
  48. homeo-
    similar, same, likeness, constat
  49. hydro-
    water
  50. hyp-
    below, deficient
  51. hyper-
    above, beyond, excessive
  52. hypo-
    below, under, deficient
  53. in-
    in, into, not
  54. infer-
    below
  55. inter-
    between
  56. intra-
    within
  57. ir-
    not
  58. macro-
    large
  59. mal-
    bad
  60. mega-
    large, great
  61. meso-
    middle
  62. meta-
    beyond, over, between, change
  63. micro-
    small
  64. milli-
    one-thousandth
  65. mon (o) -
    one
  66. mono-
    one
  67. multi-
    many, much
  68. neo-
    new
  69. nulli-
    none
  70. olig-
    little, scanty
  71. oligo-
    little, scanty
  72. pan-
    all
  73. par-
    around, beside
  74. para-
    beside, alongside, abnormal
  75. per-
    through
  76. peri-
    around
  77. poly-
    many, much, excessive
  78. post-
    after, behind
  79. pre-
    before, in front of
  80. primi-
    first
  81. pro-
    before, in front of
  82. proto-
    first
  83. pseudo-
    false
  84. pyro-
    false
  85. quadri-
    four
  86. re-
    back, backward, again
  87. retro-
    backward
  88. semi-
    half
  89. sub-
    below, under, beneath
  90. supra-
    above, beyond, superior
  91. super-
    upper, above
  92. sym-
    together, with
  93. syn-
    together, with
  94. tachy-
    fast
  95. trans-
    across
  96. tri-
    three
  97. ultra-
    beyond
  98. un-
    back, reversal, not, annulment
  99. uni-
    one
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Med. Term. Prefixes
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