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What does the prefix 'a' mean?
What does the prefix 'ab' indicate?
from
What does the prefix 'ad' mean?
to
Which of the following prefixes means 'without'?
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What does the prefix 'ana' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'ante' mean?
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What does the prefix 'anti' indicate?
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What is the meaning of the prefix 'apo'?
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What does the prefix 'bi' signify?
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Which prefix means 'slow'?
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What does the prefix 'cata' mean?
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What does the prefix 'con' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'contra' mean?
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What does the prefix 'de' mean?
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What does the prefix 'dia' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'dis' mean?
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What does the prefix 'dys' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'ecto' mean?
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What does the prefix 'endo' mean?
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What does the prefix 'epi' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'eso' mean?
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What does the prefix 'eu' mean?
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What does the prefix 'ex' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'exo' mean?
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What does the prefix 'extra' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'hemi' mean?
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What does the prefix 'hyper' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'hypo' mean?
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What does the prefix 'in' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'infra' mean?
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What does the prefix 'inter' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'intra' mean?
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What does the prefix 'mal' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'meso' mean?
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What does the prefix 'meta' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'micro' mean?
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What does the prefix 'multi' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'neo' represent?
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What does the prefix 'nulli' mean?
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What does the prefix 'pan' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'para' mean?
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What does the prefix 'per' mean?
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What does the prefix 'peri' mean?
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What does the prefix 'poly' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'post' mean?
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What does the prefix 'pre' mean?
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What does the prefix 'pro' indicate?
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What does the prefix 're' mean?
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What does the prefix 'retro' mean?
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What does the prefix 'semi' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'sub' mean?
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What does the prefix 'super' mean?
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What does the prefix 'supra' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'sym' mean?
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What does the prefix 'syn' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'tachy' mean?
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What does the prefix 'tetra' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'trans' mean?
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What does the prefix 'tri' mean?
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What does the prefix 'ultra' mean?
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What does the prefix 'uni' mean?
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology Prefixes A-Meso
- Prefix a indicates absence or "without."
- Prefix ab means "from" or "away from."
- Prefix ad denotes "to" or "toward."
- Prefix an also signifies "without."
- Prefix ana translates to "up" or "back."
- Prefix ante is used for "before" in time or position.
- Prefix anti means "against," indicating opposition.
- Prefix apo refers to "upon" or derived from.
- Prefix bi signifies "two."
- Prefix bin also indicates "two," often used interchangeably with bi.
- Prefix brady denotes "slow," often relating to heart rates.
- Prefix cata means "down," common in medical contexts.
- Prefix con indicates "together" or "with."
- Prefix contra means "against" or in opposition to.
- Prefix de is used for "from," often indicating removal.
- Prefix dia signifies "through" or "across," often used in diagnostics.
- Prefix dis means "to undo" or separate.
- Prefix dys indicates difficulty or abnormality, often used in describing conditions.
- Prefix ecto translates to "outside" or outer layer.
- Prefix endo means "within" or inner layer.
- Prefix epi denotes "on" or "upon," often referring to a surface.
- Prefix eso means "inward."
- Prefix eu signifies "normal," indicating health or functionality.
- Prefix ex means "outside" or "out of."
- Prefix exo also indicates "outside" or external.
- Prefix extra denotes "beyond" typical limits.
- Prefix hemi means "half," often related to body structures.
- Prefix hyper signifies "above" normal ranges or excessive.
- Prefix hypo indicates "below" normal levels or insufficient.
- Prefix in translates to "in" or "into."
- Prefix infra means "under" or "below."
- Prefix inter indicates "between" two or more entities.
- Prefix intra means "within" or inside a structure.
- Prefix mal signifies "bad" or harmful conditions.
- Prefix meso denotes the "middle" or intermediate level.
- Prefix meta indicates "after" or "beyond," often in developmental contexts.
- Prefix micro means "small," often used to describe cellular structures.
- Prefix multi signifies "many," indicating numerous occurrences.
- Prefix neo translates to "new," often referring to modern or recent developments.
- Prefix nulli signifies "none" or absence of.
- Prefix pan means "all" or encompassing everything.
- Prefix para indicates "beside" or "related."
- Prefix per translates to "through," often indicating passage or completion.
- Prefix peri means "surrounding" an area or structure.
- Prefix poly signifies "many," often used in conditions affecting multiple parts.
- Prefix post indicates "after" in terms of time or position.
- Prefix pre means "before" in time or sequence.
- Prefix pro also indicates "before" or "in favor of."
- Prefix re means "back" or "again."
- Prefix retro signifies "backward" or relating to past conditions.
- Prefix semi means "half."
- Prefix sub indicates "under" or "below."
- Prefix super signifies "over" or "above."
- Prefix supra means "above" or "beyond."
- Prefix sym indicates "together" or "with," often in contextual uses.
- Prefix syn also means "together," frequently used in biological and medical terms.
- Prefix tachy translates to "fast," commonly used in heart rate contexts.
- Prefix tetra means "four," often used in numerical classifications.
- Prefix trans indicates "through" or "across."
- Prefix tri signifies "three," commonly referring to the number of components.
- Prefix ultra means "beyond" the typical limits.
- Prefix uni indicates "one," often in singular contexts.
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