Medical Prefixes Flashcards
1
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Prefix : a-
A
Meaning : without or absence of
2
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ab-
A
from, away from
3
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ad-
A
to, toward
4
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an-
A
without or absence of
5
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ante-
A
before
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anti-
A
Against
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bi-
A
Two
8
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bin-
A
Two
9
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brady-
A
Slow
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con-
A
together
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contra-
A
Against
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de-
A
from, down from, lack of
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dia-
A
through, complete, between; apart
14
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dis-
A
to undo, free from
15
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dys-
A
difficult, labored, painful, abnormal
16
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ec-
A
Out
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ecto-
A
Outside
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endo-
A
within
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epi-
A
on, upon, over
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eso-
A
inward
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eu-
A
normal, good
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ex-
A
outside, outward
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exo-
A
outside, outward
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extra-
A
outside of, beyond
25
hemi-
Half
26
hyper-
above, excessive
27
hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient
28
in-
in, into, not
29
infra-
under, below
30
inter-
between
31
intra-
within
32
mal-
Bad
33
meso-
Middle
34
meta-
after, beyond, change
35
micro-
Small
36
multi-
Many
37
neo-
New
38
nulli-
None
39
pan-
all, total
40
para-
outside, beyond, around
41
per-
Through
42
peri-
surrounding (outer)
43
poly-
many, much
44
post-
After
45
pre-
before, in front of
46
pro-
before
47
quadri-
Four
48
re-
Back
49
retro-
back behind
50
semi-
half
51
sub-
under, below
52
super-
over,above
53
supra -
above, beyond, on top
54
sym-
together, joined
55
syn-
together, joined
56
tachy-
fast,rapid
57
tetra-
Four
58
trans-
through, across, beyond
59
tri-
three
60
ultra-
beyond, excess
61
uni-
One
