pre-
Prefix Medical Terminology
Before or in front of.
Example: prenatal (before birth)
Sources
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Related terms
- per-Through.
- peri-Around or surrounding.
- poly-Many, much, or excessive.
- post-After or behind.
- primi-First.
- pro-Before or forward; also favoring.
- pseudo-False.
- quadri-Four.