Medical Terminology Chapter 1 Common Prefixes
Terms
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- a-
- Without, away from: aphasia
- an-
- without: anoxia
- ante-
- before, in front of: antepartum
- anti-
- against: antibiotic
- auto-
- self: autograft
- brady-
- slow: bradycardia
- dys-
- Painful, difficult: dyspnea
- endo-
- within, inner: endoscope
- epi-
- upon, over: epigastric
- eu-
- normal, good: eupnea
- hetero-
- different: heterograft
- homo-
- same: homozygous
- hydro-
- water: hydrotherapy
- hyper-
- over, above: hypertrophy
- Hypo-
- under, below: hypoglossal
- Infra-
- under, beneath, below: infraorbital
- inter-
- among, between: intervertebral
- intra-
- within, inside: intraveneous
- macro-
- large: macrocephalic
- micro-
- small: microcephalic
- neo-
- new: neonate
- pan-
- all: pancarditis
- para-
- beside, beyond, near: paranasal
- per-
- through: percutaneous
- peri-
- around: pericardial
- post-
- after: postpartum
- pre-
- before, in front of: prefrontal
- pseudo-
- false: pseudocyesis
- retro-
- backward, behind: retrograde
- sub-
- below, under: subcutaneous
- super-
- above, excess: supernumerary
- supra-
- above: suprapubic
- tachy-
- rapid, fast: tachycardia
- trans-
- through, across: transurethral
- ultra-
- beyond, excess: ultrasound