Appendix 7: Prefixes Flashcards
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a-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
acro-
A
extremity, end
4
Q
ad-
A
toward, near
5
Q
ambly-
A
dim
6
Q
an-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
7
Q
ante-
A
before
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anti-
A
against
9
Q
atel/o
A
incomplete
10
Q
auto-
A
self
11
Q
bi-
A
two, twice
12
Q
brachy-
A
short
13
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brady-
A
slow
14
Q
circum-
A
around
15
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contra-
A
against, opposite, opposed
16
Q
counter-
A
against, opposite, opposed
17
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cyan/o-
A
blue
18
Q
de-
A
down, without, removal, loss
19
Q
dextr/o-
A
right
20
Q
di-
A
two, twice
21
Q
dia-
A
through
22
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dipl/o
A
double
23
Q
dis-
A
absence, removal, separation
24
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dys-
A
abnormal, difficult, painful
25
ec-
out, outside
26
ecto-
out, outside
27
end/o
within, inside
28
epi-
on, over
29
equi-
equal, same
30
erythr/o
red
31
eu-
true, good, easy, normal
32
ex/o
away from, outside
33
extra-
outside
34
hemi-
half, one side
35
hetero-
other, different, unequal
36
homo-, homeo-
same, unchanging
37
hyper-
over,excess, increased, abnormally high
38
hypo-
under, below, decreased, abnormally low
39
im-
not
40
in-
not
41
infra-
below
42
inter-
between
43
intra
within, inside
44
iso-
equal, same
45
juxta-
near, beside
46
leuk/o-
white, colorless, white blood cells
47
macro-
large, abnormally large
48
mal-
bad, poor
49
mega-, megal/o
large, abnormally large
50
melan/o-
black, dark melanin
51
mes/o
middle
52
met/a
change, after, beyond
53
micro-
small, one millionth
54
mon/o
one
55
multi-
many
56
neo-
new
57
non-
not
58
normo-
normal
59
nulli-
never
60
oligo/o-
few, scanty, deficiency of
61
ortho-
straight, correct, upright
62
pachy-
thick
63
pan-
all
64
para-
near, beside, beyond, abnormal
65
per-
through
66
peri-
around
67
poikilo
varied, irregular
68
poly-
many, much
69
post-
after, behind
70
pre-
before, in front of
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presby-
old
72
prim/i-
first
73
pro-
before, in front of
74
pseudo-
false
75
quadr/i
four
76
re-
back, again
77
retro-
backward, behind
78
semi-
half, partial
79
sinstr/o-
left
80
staphyl/o-
grapelike clusters, staphylococcus
81
strept/o-
twisted chains; streptococci
82
sub-
under, below
83
super-
above, excess
84
supra-
above
85
syn-, sym-
together
86
tachy-
rapid
87
tel/e, tel/o
end, far, at a distance
88
tetra-
four
89
trans-
through
90
tri-
three
91
un-
not
92
uni-
one
93
xanthr/o-
yellow
94
xer/o-
dry
