The Language Of Medicine - Prefixes (Ch 1,2,3,4,16)

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a-, an-, in-, un- no, not, without
ab- away from (b faces "away from" a)
ad- toward (d faces "toward" a)
ana- up, apart
ante-, pre-, pro- before, forward, in front of
anti-, contra- against, opposite
aut-, auto- self, own
bi- two
brady- slow
cata-, de- down, lack of
con-, syn-, sym- with, together
dia-, per-, trans- through, complete, across
dys-, mal- bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-, ecto-, ex-, exo- out, outside, away from
en-, endo-, in-, intra in, within, into
epi-, hyper-, supra-, ultra- upon, above, on, excessive, upper
eu- good, normal
hemi- half
hypo-, infra-, sub- deficient, under, beneath
inter- between
macro-, mega- large
meta- change, beyond
micro- small
neo- new
pan- all
para- abnormal, beside, near
peri- surrounding
poly-, multi- many, much
post-, retro- after, behind, backward
pseudo- false
re- back, again
tachy- fast
uni-, mon/o- one
ana- up
olig/o- few, scanty
prim/o- first
dipl/o- double
tri- three
quadri- four
cyan/o- blue
melan/o black