Prefixes for Medical Terminology Flashcards

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A-, An-

A

Absence of

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Ab-

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Away, from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Ambi-

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Both

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Ante-

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Before

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self

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Bi-, Bin-

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Two

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Brady-

A

Slow

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Circum-

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Around

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Contra-

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Against

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De-

A

Down

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Di-

A

Two

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Dys-

A

Painful, abnormal, difficult, bad

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Endo-

A

Within, inside

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Epi-

A

Above, on

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Erythr-

A

Red

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Eu-

A

Normal, good

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Ex-, extra-, exo-

A

Outside of

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Glyc-

A

Sweet

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Above

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Hypo-

A

Below

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Infra-

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Beneath

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Inter-

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Between, among

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Intra-

A

Within, during

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Levo-

A

To the left

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Macro-

A

Large

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Mal-

A

Bad

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Mega-

A

Exceptionally large

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Meso-

A

Middle

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Meta-

A

Over, beyond

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Micro-

A

Small

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Mono-

A

One

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Multi-

A

Many

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Neo-

A

New

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Nulli-

A

None

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Patho-

A

Disease

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Peri-

A

Around

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Poly

A

Many

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Post-

A

After

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Pre-, pro-

A

Before, in front of

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Presby-

A

Older age

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Primi-

A

First

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Pseudo-

A

False, pretend, unreal

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Quadri-

A

Four

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Retro-

A

Behind, in back of

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Semi-

A

Half

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Sten-

A

Narrowed

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Sub-

A

Under or below

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Super-, supra-

A

Over or above

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Sym-, syn-

A

Together, with

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Tachy-

A

Fast

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Trans-

A

Across

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Tri-

A

Three

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Ultra-

A

Beyond, excess

57
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Uni-

A

One