Ch 1 - General Prefixes Flashcards
To master common med term prefix definitions
ab-
away from
ad-
to; toward
ante-
before
astr-
star
auto-
self
brady-
slow
ect-
outside; outer
en-
within; in
endo-
within; inner
epi-
above; upon
ex-
out; outer
hemi-
half
infra-
below; inferior
inter-
between; among
intra-
within
iso-
same; equal
macro-
large
meta-
change; after; beyond
micro-
small
multi-
many
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
near; beside
peri-
around; surrounding
poly-
many
post-
after
pre-
before
retro-
behind; backward
semi-
half
sub-
below; under
super-
above; over; excess
supra-
above; on top of
sym-
with; association
syn-
together; with; union
tachy-
fast
a-; an-; ana-
no; not; without
anti-
against
contra-
against; opposite
non-
not
bi-
two; double; both
centi-
hundred; hundredth
dec-
ten
milli-
one thousandth
quadr-
four
tri-
three
uni-
one
carcin-
cancerous
dys-
difficult; painful
hyper-
above; excessive
hypo-
deficient; below
mal-
bad; poor; abnormal