Prefixes Medical Terminology

Fundamentals of Health Science, Medical terminology

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

de-

without

dys-

Painful;difficult:abnormal

endo-

within;inner

epi-

above

eu-

normal

ex-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below;insufficient

in-

not;inward

inter-

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside;abnormal;two like parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before

psuedo-

false

re-

again-

retro-

backward; behind

sub-

under

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

partial

tetra-

four

tri-

three