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What does the prefix 'uni' mean?
What does the prefix 'mono' refer to?
Which prefix means 'two, both'?
What is the meaning of the prefix 'di'?
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What does the prefix 'ambi' mean?
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What is the meaning of the prefix 'tri'?
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Which prefix means 'four'?
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What does the prefix 'poly' mean?
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What is the meaning of the prefix 'multi'?
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What does the prefix 'mega' signify?
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Which prefix means 'few, scant'?
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What does the prefix 'hemi' refer to?
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What does the prefix 'tachy' mean?
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What does the prefix 'brady' mean?
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What does the prefix 'pan' mean?
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What does the prefix 'hyper' indicate?
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What is the meaning of the prefix 'hypo'?
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What does the prefix 'infra' refer to?
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What does the prefix 'extra' mean?
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What does the prefix 'pro' mean?
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Study Notes
Prefixes Indicating Numbers or Amounts
- uni: means one; e.g., unilateral.
- mono: means one; e.g., mononucleosis.
- bi: means two or both; e.g., bilateral.
- di: means two; e.g., diplegia.
- ambi: means both; e.g., ambivalent.
- tri: means three; e.g., trivalent.
- quadra: means four; e.g., quadriplegic.
- tetra: means four; e.g., tetralogy.
- poly: means many; e.g., polycythemia.
- multi: means many or several; e.g., multiphasic.
- mega: means large or excessive; e.g., megaloblasts.
- olig: means few or scant; e.g., oliguria.
- micro: means very small; e.g., microtension.
- hemi: means half; e.g., hemisphere.
- semi: means part of a whole; e.g., semifluent.
Prefixes Indicating Absence or Opposites
- a: means without; e.g., anemia.
- an: means without; e.g., anaerobic.
Prefixes Indicating Speed or Quantity
- tachy: means fast; e.g., tachycardia.
- brady: means slow; e.g., bradycardia.
- pan: means all; e.g., pandemic.
Prefixes Indicating Amount or Position/Direction
- hyper: means excessive, more; e.g., hypertensive.
- hypo: means less, deficient; e.g., hypoglycemic.
- infra: means less than; e.g., infrasonic.
- sub: means less than; e.g., subnormal.
- meta: means change; e.g., metastasize.
- super: means excessive, more; e.g., supernumerary.
- supra: means excessive, outside; e.g., supraliminal.
- ultra: means excessive; e.g., ultramodern.
Prefixes Indicating Position/Direction
- ad-: means near, toward; e.g., adhere.
- ab-: means away from; e.g., absolve.
- anti-: means against, opposed to; e.g., anticoagulant.
- contra-: means against, opposed to; e.g., contraindicated.
- circum-: means around; e.g., circumcision.
- peri-: means around; e.g., peritectomy.
- de-: means not, from, down; e.g., descending.
- dia-: means through, across; e.g., diagonal.
- trans-: means across, through; e.g., transverse.
- dis-: means separate, apart; e.g., distal.
- epi-: means upon, above; e.g., epiglottis.
- para-: means along, beside; e.g., parathyroid.
Prefixes Indicating Time or Position/Direction
- per-: means through; e.g., permanent, percutaneous.
- post-: means after; e.g., postsurgical, posterior.
- pre-: means before; e.g., precursor, preaxial.
- re-: means again, back; e.g., revive, recline.
- retro-: means backward, behind; e.g., retrospective, retrobulbular.
Commonly Used Prefixes Indicating Location
- e: means out, outside, away; e.g., elevate.
- ec: means out, outside, away; e.g., eclabium.
- ex: means out, outside, away; e.g., external.
- ecto: means out, outside, away; e.g., ectoplasm.
- exo: means out, outside, away; e.g., exogenous.
- extra: means out, outside, away; e.g., extrapolate.
- en: means in or inside; e.g., endermic.
- endo: means in or inside; e.g., endodontic.
- in: means in or inside; e.g., interior.
- intra: means in or inside; e.g., intramuscular.
Additional Common Prefixes
- ante: means before; e.g., anterior.
- pro: means before; e.g., prophylactic.
Common Prefixes Indicating Association
- con: means with; e.g., connecting.
- syn: means with; e.g., synthetic.
- sym: means with; e.g., symbiosis.
Prefixes Related to Conditions or Characteristics
- auto: means self; e.g., autoclave.
- bio: means life; e.g., biology.
- dys: means painful, faulty, difficult; e.g., dyspepsia.
- eu: means normal; e.g., eugenics.
Prevalent Medical Terms with Unique Plurals
- apex: plural is apices.
- appendix: plural is appendices.
- bacterium: plural is bacteriA.
- cardiopathy: plural is cardiopathies.
- condyloma: plural is condylomata.
- diagnosis: plural is diagnoses.
- fungus: plural is fungI.
- phenomenon: plural is phenomena.
- thorax: plural is thoraces.
- vertebra: plural is vertebrae.
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