General Terminology Prefixes
Terms
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- a-, an-
- not, without, less
- ab-,abs-
- from, away from, off
- ad-
- increase, adherence, to, toward
- a-
- without
- allo-
- other, differing from normal
- ana-
- up, toward, apart
- ante-
- before, in front of, forward
- anti-
- against, opposing
- apo-
- separated from, derived from
- auto-
- self, same
- bi-
- twice, double
- bio-
- life
- brachy-
- short
- cata-
- down
- centi-
- one hundredth
- chord-
- cord
- com-
- with, together, in association
- con-
- with, together, in association
- contra-
- opposed, against
- counter-
- opposite, opposed, against
- de-
- away from, cessation, without
- deci-
- one-tenth
- dia-
- through, throughout, completely
- dis-
- in two, apart, not
- dys-
- bad, difficult
- epi-
- upon, following, or subsequent to
- eso-
- inward
- eu-
- good, well
- ex-
- out of, from, away from
- exo-
- exterior, external, outward
- extra-
- without, outside of
- hemi-
- one-half
- hyper
- excessive, above normal
- in-
-
1. not
2. in, within, inside
3. very - infra-
- below, beneath, or under
- inter-
- among, between
- intra-
- inside, within
- intro-
- inwardly, into
- iso-
- equal, alike, sameness
- juxta-
- near to, beside
- kilo-
- one thousand
- mal-
- ill, bad; opposite of eu-
- meta-
- after, subsequent to, behind, or hindmost
- milli-
- one-thousdandth
- multi-
- many
- nano-
- one-billionth
- neo-
- new, recent
- noci-
- hurt, pain, injury
- noct-
- nocturnal
- non-
- not
- nulli-
- none
- oxy-
-
1. shrill, sharp, pointed, quick
2. denoting the presence of oxygen - pachy-
- thick
- pan-
- all, entire
- para-
-
1. departure from the normal
2. involvement of two like parts or a pair
3. adjacent, alongside, near - penta-
- five
- per-
- through, conveying intensity
- peri-
- around, about, near
- poly-
- many, multiplicity
- post-
- after, behind, posterior
- pre-
-
1. anterior
2. before (in time or space) - pro-
- before, foreward
- pyro-
- fire, heat, or fever
- quadri-
- four
- re-
- backward, again
- retro-
- backward, behind
- semi-
- one-half, partly
- sub-
- beneath, less than the normal or typical, inferior
- super-
- in excess, above, superior, or in the upper part of; often the same usage as supra- or hyper-
- supra-
- a position above the part indicated by the word to which it is joined; in this sense, the same as super-; opposite of intra-
- sym-, syn-
- together, with, joined
- tachy-
- rapid
- tetra-
- four
- trans-
- across, through, beyond
- tri-
- three
- uni-
- one, single, not paired
- aden-
- gland, glandular
- albin-
- white
- alge-, algio-, algo-
- pain
- ambi-
- around, both, both sides
- arch-
-
1. first, chief, extreme
2. primitive, ancestral
3. beginning - chrom-
- color
- crypt-
- hidden
- cyan-
- blue
- cyst-
-
1. bladder
2. cystic duct
3. cyst - ec-, ect-
- out, away from, on the outside
- echin-
- prickly, spiny
- ent-
- inner, within
- hyp-
- deficient, below normal, under, less than
- kal-
- potassium
- kin-, kine-
- motion
- macr-
- large, long
- mes-
-
1. middle, mean, intermediacy
2. messentery or messentery-like structure - micr-
- denotes smallness
- mon-
- participation or involvement of a single element or part
- myx-
- mucus
- nema-, nemat-
- thread, threadlike
- oct-
- eight
- odyn-
- pain
- pant-
- entire
- path-
- disease
- ped-
-
1. child
2. foot, feet - physi-
-
1. physical, physiological
2. natural, relating to physics - prot-
-
1. protein
2. first in a series; highest in rank - prox-
- proximal, nearest, next to
- pseud-
- false (often used about a deceptive resemblance)