infra-
Prefix Medical Terminology
Below or beneath.
Example: infraorbital (below the eye socket)
Sources
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Related terms
- hyper-Above normal, excessive, or beyond.
- hypo-Below normal, under, or deficient.
- idio-One's own, individual, or unknown in origin.
- in-, im-Not; in some words, in or into.
- inter-Between.
- intra-Within or inside.
- iso-Equal or the same.
- juxta-Near or next to.