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  1. A....
    Without/lack of
  2. Ante...
    Before/forward
  3. Bi...
    Two
  4. Cerebro…
    brain
  5. Derma...
    skin
  6. Dys...
    Difficult/painful/abnormal
  7. Endo...
    Within
  8. Entero...
    Intestines
  9. Epi...
    Upon/on
  10. Gastro...
    Stomach
  11. Haemo...
    blood
  12. Hypo...
    Low/under/deficient
  13. Inter...
    Between
  14. Intra...
    Within
  15. Macro...
    Large
  16. Micro...
    small
  17. Mono...
    One
  18. Myo...
    Muscle
  19. Necro...
    Death
  20. Nephro...
    kidneys
  21. Neuro...
    Nerves/nervous system
  22. Peri...
    Around
  23. Pneum...
    Respiration/lungs/air
  24. Poly...
    Many
  25. Post...
    After/behind
  26. Retro...
    Backward/behind
  27. Tachy...
    Fast
  28. Brady...
    slow
  29. Ab...
    Away from/moving away from
  30. Ad...
    Towards/moving towards
  31. Angio...
    Vessel
  32. Arthro...
    Joints
  33. Auto...
    Self
  34. Cephal...
    Head
  35. Circum...
    Around/about
  36. Contra...
    Against/opposite
  37. De...
    Down from
  38. Dia...
    Through/completely
  39. Extra...
    Outside/in addition
  40. Glyco...
    Sugar
  41. Hemi...
    Half
  42. Hepato...
    Liver
  43. Heter...
    Different/other
  44. Hyper...
    Over/excessive
  45. Infra...
    Below
  46. Iso...
    Equal
  47. Latero...
    Side
  48. Mal...
    Bad/abnormal
  49. Medi...
    Middle
  50. Mega...
    Large
  51. Para...
    By the side of
  52. Patho...
    Disease
  53. Pro...
    Before/in front of
  54. Pseudo...
    False
  55. Pulmo...
    Lungs
  56. Super...
    Above/excessive/more than normal
  57. Supra...
    Above
  58. Trans...
    Across
  59. Vaso...
    Vessel
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Medical prefixes
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