cata-
Prefix Medical Terminology
Down or breaking down.
Example: catabolism (breaking large molecules into smaller ones)
Sources
Related terms
- auto-Self.
- bi-Two or twice.
- bio-Life or living tissue.
- brady-Slow.
- circum-Around.
- con-With or together.
- contra-Against or opposite.
- de-Away from, removal, or loss of.