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Medical Terminology Prefixes
Medical Terminology Prefixes
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11/12/2018
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Term
Ana-
 Definition
up
anadipsia: excessive thirst
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
autograph: graph taken from one part of the body and placed on another area of the same body
Term
brady
 Definition
slow
bradycardia: slow heart rate
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad, abnormal, difficult, painful
Term
macro
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad, poor, evil
Term
micro
 Definition
small
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
pan-
 Definition
all. entire, every
Term
syn, sym-
 Definition
together, with, joined
Term
tachy
 Definition
fast
Term
iso
 Definition
same or equal
Term
tox
 Definition
poisonous
Term
eu
 Definition
good, normal
Term
post
 Definition
after, behind
Term
pre-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
pro-
 Definition
before
Term
retro-, retr/o
 Definition
back of, backward, behind
Term
trans, per-
 Definition
across, through
Term
ab-, abs-
 Definition
away from
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward, in direction of
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, forward
Term
circum
 Definition
around, about
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, complete, between
Term
ecto-, e-, ex-, eco-, extra-,
 Definition
outside, out, outward
Term
endo, en, entra
 Definition
within, inside
Term
epi
 Definition
upon, above, on
Term
eso-
 Definition
inward, within
Term
hyper-, supra
 Definition
excessive, above, increased
Term
hypo-
 Definition
decreased, below, under, deficient
Term
in-
 Definition
in, into, not, without
Term
infra-, sub-
 Definition
below, beneath, inferior, to, less, under
Term
inter
 Definition
between, among
Term
intra
 Definition
within, into, inside
Term
meta, ultra
 Definition
beyond, change, above
Term
para-
 Definition
beside, near, apart
Term
peri
 Definition
around, surrounding
Term
post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
pre-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
pro-
 Definition
before
Term
retro-, retr/o
 Definition
back of, behind, backwards
Term
trans-, per-
 Definition
across, through
Term
anti-, contra-
 Definition
counter, against
Term
a-, an-
 Definition
no, not, lack of, without
Term
in-, ir-, im-
 Definition
not., in, into, without
Term
bi-, di-
 Definition
two, double, twice
Term
hemi-, semi-
 Definition
half, partial
Term
mono-, uni-
 Definition
one
Term
multi, poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
oligo
 Definition
scant, few
Term
quadri-
 Definition
four
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
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