SAMPLE COURSE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Word Building - Introduction
Word Building Basics
Word Building Basics (cont)
Word Building Review
Word Building Components
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
Pronunciation of Terms
Exercise I - Term Division
Exercise II - Term Meanings
Sample Test
Evaluation

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PREFIXES

The word prefix is a good illustration of how medical terms are formed. PRE- comes from the Latin meaning ‘before’ or ‘in front of’; FIX comes from the Latin figere, meaning ‘to fasten’. Therefore, the term prefix means ‘to fasten in front of or before’.

The prefix is the beginning part of a medical term which modifies the term’s meaning. However, not all medical terms will have prefixes. In fact, many medical terms do not have prefixes. When you see a hyphen or dash ( - ) following, a component term, this means it is a prefix as shown below in the examples:

Examples: En- An- Sub- Pro-
  within, in, inner without, no, not under, below before, forward, in front of

PREFIXES

MEANING
a-, an- absence of, without, no, not
dia- across, apart, complete knowledge, through
endo- within, in, inner
pro-, pros- before, forward, in front of
re- back, behind
sub- under, below
trans- across, through, over, beyond
   

(This is a Sampler of our terminology course; therefore all prefixes are not listed here)

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