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Medical Terminology: Prefixes
Word beginnings that appear in medical and health terms.
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- a-, an-PrefixWithout; notanemia
- ab-PrefixAway fromabduct
- ad-PrefixTowardadduct
- ambi-PrefixBothambidextrous
- ante-PrefixBefore; forwardantepartum
- anti-PrefixAgainstantibiotic
- auto-PrefixSelfautoimmune
- bi-PrefixTwobilateral
- brady-PrefixSlowbradycardia
- circum-PrefixAroundcircumcision
- con-PrefixWith; togethercongenital
- contra-PrefixAgainst; oppositecontraindicated
- de-PrefixDown; removaldehydration
- dia-PrefixThrough; completediagnosis
- dis-PrefixApart; awaydislocate
- dys-PrefixPainful; difficult; abnormaldyspnea
- ecto-PrefixOutsideectopic
- endo-PrefixWithinendocardium
- epi-PrefixUpon; aboveepidermis
- eu-PrefixGood; normaleuphoria
- ex-, exo-PrefixOutside; out ofexhale
- extra-PrefixOutside ofextracellular
- hemi-PrefixHalfhemisphere
- hetero-PrefixDifferentheterogeneous
- homo-, homeo-PrefixSamehomeostasis
- hyper-PrefixAbove; excessivehypertension
- hypo-PrefixBelow; deficienthypotension
- infra-PrefixBelowinfraorbital
- inter-PrefixBetweenintercostal
- intra-PrefixWithinintravenous
- iso-PrefixEqualisotonic
- macro-PrefixLargemacrophage
- mal-PrefixBad; poormalnutrition
- meso-PrefixMiddlemesentery
- meta-PrefixChange; beyondmetastasis
- micro-PrefixSmallmicroscope
- mono-PrefixOnemononucleosis
- multi-PrefixManymultiparous
- neo-PrefixNewneonatal
- non-PrefixNotnoninvasive
- oligo-PrefixFew; scantyoliguria
- pan-PrefixAllpandemic
- para-PrefixBeside; abnormal; nearparalysis
- per-PrefixThroughpercutaneous
- peri-PrefixAroundpericardium
- poly-PrefixMany; muchpolyuria
- post-PrefixAfterpostoperative
- pre-PrefixBeforeprenatal
- pro-PrefixBefore; in favor ofprognosis
- pseudo-PrefixFalsepseudocyst
- quadri-PrefixFourquadriceps
- re-PrefixAgain; backregurgitate
- retro-PrefixBehind; backwardretroperitoneal
- semi-PrefixHalfsemiconscious
- sub-PrefixUndersubcutaneous
- super-, supra-PrefixAbovesuprapubic
- sym-, syn-PrefixTogethersynapse
- tachy-PrefixFasttachycardia
- tetra-PrefixFourtetralogy
- tri-PrefixThreetriceps
- trans-PrefixAcrosstransfusion
- ultra-PrefixBeyondultrasound
- uni-PrefixOneunilateral
- pre-natal vs post-natalPrefixBefore birth versus after birth
- brachy-PrefixShortbrachydactyly
- mega-, megalo-PrefixLargemegacolon
- olig-PrefixLittleoligohydramnios
- primi-PrefixFirstprimigravida
- multi-gravidaPrefixA woman who has been pregnant more than once
- intro-PrefixIntointrovert
- xero-PrefixDryxerosis
- peri vs endoPrefixPeri- is around the outside; endo- is within
- hydro-PrefixWaterhydrocephalus
- hemo-, hemato-PrefixBloodhematology
- necro-PrefixDeathnecrosis
- pyo-PrefixPuspyoderma
- dextro-PrefixRightdextrocardia
- levo-PrefixLeftlevoscoliosis
- ortho-PrefixStraight; correctorthopedics
- tox-, toxo-PrefixPoisontoxicology
- pachy-PrefixThickpachyderm
- lepto-PrefixThin; slenderleptomeninges
- pleo-PrefixMorepleomorphic
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