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Title: Prefixes
Description: Career Step Medical Word Building
Number of Cards: 43
Author: monkeyknits
Created: 2004-07-11
Tags: medicaltranscription medicine prefixes
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Question Answer Note/Hint
a-/an- no/without
ab- away from
ad- toward
ante-/pre-/pro- before
anti-/contra- against
bi-/di- two
brady- slow
de- "down from, removing"
dia- "through, between, across"
dys- difficult/abnormal
ecto-/ex-/exo- outside/without/away from
en-/endo-/em-/eso- inside
epi- above/on
eu- good/normal
hemi-/semi- half/partly
hyper- "excessive, greater than normal"
hypo-/sub- "beneath/below, normal, under"
in- not
infra- beneath
inter- between
intra- within/inside of
macro- large
mal- bad
meso- middle or moderate
micro- small
multi-/poly- many/excessive
mono-/uni- one
nulli- none
para- "near, beside, resembling, abnormal"
per- "through, by, or completely"
peri- around/near
post- "after, behind"
primi- first
re- "back, again"
retro- "behind, backward"
super- "more than normal, excessive"
supra- "above, over"
sy(m)(n)- "together, union"
tachy- fast
trans- across/through
uni- one
ab-/ecto-/ex-/exo- away from
within intra-/en-/endo-/em-/eso-
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