HOSA Medical Terminology (roots, prefixes, suffixes)
abs- - -away from
hypo- - -deficient; below, under; less than
normal
aero- - -air
latero- - -side
antero- - -front
lepto- - -thin, slender
bio- - -life
medio- - -middle
chrom- - -color
mega- - -large
de- - -to remove
meso- - -middle
dextro- - -right
micro- - -small
di- - -across
mono- - -one; single
dys- - -pain, bad
multi- - -many
erythro- - -red
a/an- - -without
etio- - -cause
ab- - -away from
ex- - -out, away from
acro- - -extremities
febr- - -fever
ad- - -toward
gluc- - -glucose, sugar
ambi- - -both
gyne- - -woman, female
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, HOSA Medical Terminology (roots, prefixes, suffixes)
ante- - -before
eu- - -normal
anti- - -against, opposing
hemi- - -half
astr- - -star
hyper- - -above, more than
auto- - -self
inter- - -between
bi- - -two, both
intra- - -within
brachy- - -short
leuk- - -white
brady- - -slow
melan- - -black
capit- - -head
neo- - -new
con- - -with
para- - -beside, by the side
contra- - -against
peri- - -around, about
cryo- - -cold
poly- - -many, much
cyan- - -blue
post- - -after, behind
ecto- - -on the outside
pre- - -before, in front of
endo- - -inside
pro- - -in front of
epi- - -upon, in addition to
semi- - -half
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abs- - -away from
hypo- - -deficient; below, under; less than
normal
aero- - -air
latero- - -side
antero- - -front
lepto- - -thin, slender
bio- - -life
medio- - -middle
chrom- - -color
mega- - -large
de- - -to remove
meso- - -middle
dextro- - -right
micro- - -small
di- - -across
mono- - -one; single
dys- - -pain, bad
multi- - -many
erythro- - -red
a/an- - -without
etio- - -cause
ab- - -away from
ex- - -out, away from
acro- - -extremities
febr- - -fever
ad- - -toward
gluc- - -glucose, sugar
ambi- - -both
gyne- - -woman, female
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, HOSA Medical Terminology (roots, prefixes, suffixes)
ante- - -before
eu- - -normal
anti- - -against, opposing
hemi- - -half
astr- - -star
hyper- - -above, more than
auto- - -self
inter- - -between
bi- - -two, both
intra- - -within
brachy- - -short
leuk- - -white
brady- - -slow
melan- - -black
capit- - -head
neo- - -new
con- - -with
para- - -beside, by the side
contra- - -against
peri- - -around, about
cryo- - -cold
poly- - -many, much
cyan- - -blue
post- - -after, behind
ecto- - -on the outside
pre- - -before, in front of
endo- - -inside
pro- - -in front of
epi- - -upon, in addition to
semi- - -half
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