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medical terminology prefixes

  1. a/n
    absence of
  2. ab
    away from
  3. ad
    toward
  4. ante
    before
  5. anti
    against
  6. auto
    self
  7. bi
    two, both
  8. bio
    life
  9. circum
    around
  10. con
    with, together
  11. contra
    against, opposite
  12. dis
    apart, separate
  13. dys
    painful, difficult
  14. ec
    out
  15. ecto
    outside of
  16. en
    in
  17. endo
    within
  18. epi
    on, attached to, over
  19. ex
    out
  20. hemi
    half
  21. hemo
    pertaining to blood
  22. hyper
    high, excessive
  23. hypo
    below
  24. inter
    between
  25. intra
    within
  26. iso
    equal
  27. mal
    bad
  28. mega
    large
  29. meso
    middle
  30. meta
    beyond
  31. micro
    very small
  32. milli
    one thousandth
  33. mono
    one, single
  34. multi
    many
  35. neo
    new
  36. para
    beside
  37. per
    through
  38. peri
    around, enclosing
  39. poly
    many
  40. post
    after
  41. pre
    before
  42. primi
    first
  43. retro
    back, behind
  44. semi
    half
  45. sub
    under
  46. super
    excessive
  47. supra
    above
  48. syn
    together, with
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medical terminology prefixes
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medical terminology for medical assistant exam
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