PREFIXES

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PREFIXES

PrefixesMeaningExample
AWithout or absence ofAmetria
AbFrom; away fromAbduction
AdTo; towardAdduction
AnWithout or absence ofAnaerobic
AnaUp; again; backwardAnaphoresis
AnteBeforeAnteflexion
AntiAgainstAntibacterial
ApoUponAponeurotic
BiTwoBimanual
BinTwoBinary
BradySlowBradycardia
CataDownCatabatic
ConTogetherConjugal
ContraAgainstContraceptive
De From; down from; lack ofDebride
DiaThrough; completeDiameter
DisTo undo; fre fromDislocate
DysAbnormalDysplasia
Ectooutside; outerEctocardia
EndoWithinEndosalpinx
EpiOn; upon; overEpithelial
EsoInwardEsotropia
EuNormal; goodEupepsia
ExOutside; outwardExcrete
ExoOutside; outwardExophthalmos
ExtraOutside of; beyondExtracarpal
HemiHalfHemidiaphragam
HyperAbove; excessiveHypertension
HypoBelow; incomplete; deficientHypoglycemic
InIn; into; notIntubate
InfraUnder; belowInfraglottic
InterBetweenIntercartilaginous
IntraWithinIntravenous
MalBadMalabsorption
MesoMiddleMesocolon
MetaAfter; beyond; changeMetastic
MicroSmallMicronodular
MultiManyMultilobar
NeoNewNeonatal
NulliNoneNulliparous
PanAll; totalPancytopenia
ParaBeside; beyond; aroundParanormal
PerThroughPercutaneous
Peri Surrounding (outer)Pericardium
PolyMany; muchPolyopia
PostAfterPostemryonic
PreBefore; in front ofPreoperative
ProBeforeProdromal
ReBackReflux
RetroBack; behindRetrograde
SemiHalfSemirecumbent
SubUnder; belowSubcutaneous
SuperOver; aboveSuperimpose
SupraAboveSuprascleral
SymTogether; joinedSymbiotic
SynTogether; joinedSynergetic
TachyFast; rapidTachycardia
TetraFourTetrameric
TransThrough; across; beyondTransurethral
TriThreeTrilocular
UltraBeyond; excessUltrasound
UniOneUniseptate