All Prefixes, CFs, Suffies, and Abbreviations Flashcards
hyper-
above, more than normal
hypo-
below, less than normal
meta-
beyond
anti-
against
neo-
new
inter-
between
hydro-
water
peri-
around
supra-
above
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
sub-
under
brady-
abnormally slow
tachy-
abnormally fast
a/an-
without / not / lack of
micro-
small
syn-
with, together
pro-
before
poly-
too many / too much
macro-
large
para-
beside / near
super-
above
infra-
below / beneath / inferior to
proto-
first
pseudo-
false
dia-
through
eu-
well / easy
ante-
against
ecto-
outer / outside
endo-
inner / inside
meso-
middle
retro-
backward / behind
hemi-
half
mono-
one
proto-
first
diplo-
two
ex-
from, as in “out from”
semi-
half
uni-
one
primi-
first
bi-
two
de-
from, as in “down from” / resulting in less than
iso-
equal
tri-
three
quadr-
four
multi-
many / multiple
nulli-
none
deca-
ten
deci-
tenth
kilo-
one thousand
milli-
one thousandth
aniso-
unequal
para-
live births
circum-
around
per-
through
sym-
together / joined
extra-
outside / beyond / in addition to
epi-
over /upon
contra-
against
ante-
before / forward
con-
with
mal-
bad / poor
dys-
difficult / abnormal / poor / painful
post-
after
intra-
within
pre-
before / forward
in-
in / into / within OR not
acro
extremities
megalo
enlarged
dermato / dermo
skin
gastro
stomach
duodeno
duodenum / 1st 12 inches of the upper intestine
tomo
to cut
cyano
blue
leuko
white
melano
black
erythro
red
chloro
green
xantho
yellow
cyto
cell
thrombo
platelet
histo
tissue
cardio/cardo
heart
electro
electricity
sono
sound
echo
reflected sound
radio
radiation
patho
disease
megalo
enlarged
adeno
glands
lympho
lymphatic tissue
lipo
fat
carcino
cancer
onco
tumor
athero
fatty, porridge like
muco
mucus
cephalo
head
encephalo
brain
malaco
softening of a tissue
cranio
skull
cerebro
cerebrum / largest part of the brain / where thought occurs
meningo
3 layer membrane that covers the brain and spinal column
plasto
surgical repair
osteo
bone
arthro
joint
teno / tendo / tendino
tendon
burso
small serous sac between a tendon and a bone
chondro
cartilage
costo
ribs
dento
tooth
ortho
straighten
myelo
spinal cord / bone marrow
lumbo
lower back
thoraco
thorax / chest
pubo
pubic bone / pelvic bone
abdomino
abdomin
amnio
amniotic sac
cysto
bladder
odonto
straighten
stomato
mouth
glosso
tongue
linguo
tongue
dento
teeth
odonto
teeth
cheilo
lips
gingivo
gums
eso
in, toward
phago
swallow
esophago
esophagus
entero
small intestine
jejuno
jejunum
ileo
ileum
colo
large intestine / colon
sigmoido
sigmoid colon
recto
rectum
procto
anus and rectum
hepato
liver
cholecysto
gallbladder
pancreato
pancreas
spleno
spleen
myco
mouth fungus
spermato / spermo
spermatozoa