Prefixes

                   MEDICAL TERMINAOLOGY - PREFIXES

PREFIX	MEANING	WORD
Ab-	Away from, not, off	Abduct
Acr-	An extremity	Acromegaly
Ad-	To, toward, near	Adduct
Adeno-	Glandular	Adenoma
Allo-	Other	Allele
Amphi-	Old man	Androgen
Aniso-	Unequal, dissimilar	Aniscocytosis
Ante-	Before	Antenatal
Anti-	Against	Antibiotic
Apo-	Away from	Apoenzyme
Arthro-	Joint	Arthritis
Auto-	Selft	Autoimmune
Bi-/bin-/bis-	Double, twice, two	Binary
Blasto-	Sprout	Osteoblast
Cata-	Against	Cataract
Chondro-	Cartilage	Chondrocyte
Bili-	Bile	Bilirubin
Chrom-	Color	Chromotherapy
Homeo-	Similarity	Homozygous
Costo-	Ribs, a rib	Costochondritis
Crani-	Skull	Craniotomy
Crypt-	Hidden	Cryptochidism
Cyst-	Sac, bladder	Cystitis
Cyto-	Cell	Cytology
De-	Down, from	Debride, dehydrate
Dia-	Through, between, across	Diaphragm
Dys-	Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful, unlike	Dysphagia
Eco-	Home, house	Ecosphere
Ecto-	Outer, without	Ectosparasite
Encephalo-	Brain	Encephalitis
Entero-	Pertaining to intestine	Enteritis
Bio-	Life	Biology
Epi-	Upon, above	Epidermic
Erythro-	Red	Erythrocyte
Ex-/extra-	Out, out of, away from	Extracellular
Eu-	Well, good, true	Eukaryote
Heap-	Liver	Hepatitis
Hetero-	Different	Heterozygous
Histo-	Tissue	Histogram