Prefixes Indicating Diseases or Abnormal Conditions
Prefixes Indicating Directions or Body Positions
Prefixes Indicating Numbers or Quantity Measurements
Prefixes Indicating Time
General Prefixes
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a-
What is the prefix for without?
100
hypo-
What is the prefix for below?
100
hyper-
What is the prefix for excessive, more than normal?
100
ante-
What is the prefix for before?
100
per-
What is the prefix for through?
200
tachy-
What is the prefix for fast?
200
supra-
What is the prefix for above?
200
quadri-
What is the prefix for four?
200
neo-
What is the prefix for new?
200

mal-

What is the prefix for bad?

300
anti-
What is the prefix for against?
300
trans-
What is the prefix for across or through?
300
poly-
What is the prefix for many or much?
300
post-
What is the prefix for after?
300
auto-
What is the prefix for self?
400
dys-
What is the prefix for painful or difficult?
400
intra-
What is the prefix for inside or within?
400

micro-

What is the prefix for small?

400
pre-
What is the prefix for before?
400

pseudo-

What is the prefix for false?

500
tachycardia
What is the medical term for fast heart beat?
500
hypogastric
What is the medical term for below stomach?
500
bilateral
What is the medical term for two sides?
500
postoperative
What is the medical term for after an operation?
500
eupnea
What is the medical term for normal breathing?