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a, an-, ar-

without; lack of
ab-

away from
ad-

to; toward
ambi-

both
amphi-

both sides
ana-

up; apart
ante-

before; in front of; forward
anter/o-

in front; before
anti-

against
anis/o-

unequal, dissimilar
auto-

self
bi-

two
brady-

slow
cata-

down
circum-

around
co, com, con-

together
contra-

against; opposite
de-

lack of; down; away from
dextr/o-

right side
di-

two
dia-

between; through; complete
dipl-, dipl/o-

double, two-fold
dors/o-

back
dys-

painful; difficult, bad
ec-, ex-

out, out from
ect/o-, exo-, extra-

outside, outward
em, en-

in
endo-

within
epi-

upon; above
eu-

good; normal
extra-

outside
hemi-

half
heter/o-

different
hidr/o

sweat
homo-

same
hydr/o

water
hyper-

above; excessive; beyond
hypo-

below; deficient; under
im, in-

not, in
infra-

below; inferior to
inter-

between
intra-

within
is/o

equal
later/o

side
macro-

large; visible to the naked eye
mal-

bad
meso-, mid-, medi-

middle
meta-

change; beyond, after, over
micro-

small; not visible to the naked eye
mon/o-

one
multi-

many, much
neo-

new
pachy-

thick
pan-

all
para-

beside; along side, near
per-

through
peri-

arround; surrounding
poly-

many, much
post-

after; behind
poster/o-

posterior, behind, toward the back
pre-

before; in front of
primi-

first
pro-

before
pseud/o-

false
quad, quadri-

four
re-

back; again
retro-

behind; backward
scler/o-

hard
semi-

part of; half
sinistr/o-

left side
sub-

under; below
super-

above; upper, excessive
supra-

above; upon
sym, syn-

together; with, joined
tachy-

fast
tetra-

four
trans-

across, through
tri-

three
ultra-

beyond; in excess
uni-

one

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anatomy and physiology medical terminology prefixes

Updated

2011-01-29T23:44:14Z

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