Ch 1 - General Prefixes Flashcards
To master common med term prefix definitions
1
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ab-
A
away from
2
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ad-
A
to; toward
3
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ante-
A
before
4
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astr-
A
star
5
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auto-
A
self
6
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brady-
A
slow
7
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ect-
A
outside; outer
8
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en-
A
within; in
9
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endo-
A
within; inner
10
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epi-
A
above; upon
11
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ex-
A
out; outer
12
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hemi-
A
half
13
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infra-
A
below; inferior
14
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inter-
A
between; among
15
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intra-
A
within
16
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iso-
A
same; equal
17
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macro-
A
large
18
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meta-
A
change; after; beyond
19
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micro-
A
small
20
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multi-
A
many
21
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neo-
A
new
22
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pan-
A
all
23
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para-
A
near; beside
24
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peri-
A
around; surrounding
25
poly-
many
26
post-
after
27
pre-
before
28
retro-
behind; backward
29
semi-
half
30
sub-
below; under
31
super-
above; over; excess
32
supra-
above; on top of
33
sym-
with; association
34
syn-
together; with; union
35
tachy-
fast
36
a-; an-; ana-
no; not; without
37
anti-
against
38
contra-
against; opposite
39
non-
not
40
bi-
two; double; both
41
centi-
hundred; hundredth
42
dec-
ten
43
milli-
one thousandth
44
quadr-
four
45
tri-
three
46
uni-
one
47
carcin-
cancerous
48
dys-
difficult; painful
49
hyper-
above; excessive
50
hypo-
deficient; below
51
mal-
bad; poor; abnormal
