CH 3 - Prefixes Flashcards
mon/o- (monocular)
one (having one eye piece)
prim/i- (primary)
first (first)
uni- (unite)
one (form into one part)
hemi- (hemisphere)
half, one side (one half of a rounded structure)
semi- (semipermeable)
half, partial (partially permeable - capable of being penetrated)
bi- (binary)
two, twice (made up of two parts)
di- (diatomic)
two, twice (having two atoms)
dipl/o- (diplococci)
double (round bacteria that grows in groups of two)
tri- (tricuspid)
three (having three points or cusps)
quadr/i- (quadruplet)
four (one of four babies born together)
tetra- (tetralogy)
four (a group of four)
multi- (multicellular)
many (consisting of many cells)
poly- (polymorphous)
many, much (having many forms (morph/o))
cyan/o
blue
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white, colorless
melan/o
black, dark
xanth/o
yellow
a-, an-
not, without, lack of, absence
anti-
against
contra-
against, opposite, opposed
de-
down, without, removal
dis-
absence, removal, separation
in-*, im- (used before b, m, p)
*may also mean “in” or “into”
not
non-
not
un-
not
ab- (abduct)
away from (to move away from the midline)
ad- (adduct)
toward, near (to move toward the midline)
dia- (diarrhea)
through (frequent discharge of fluid fecal matter)
per- (percutaneous)
through (through the skin)
trans- (transected)
through (cut (sectioned) through or across)
hyper- (hyperthermia)
over, excess, abnormally high, increased (high body temperature)
hypo-* (hyposecretion)
*may also indicate position, as in hypodermic
under, below,abnormally low, decreased (underproduction of a substance)
olig/o- (oligospermia)
few, scanty (abnormally low number of sperm in semen)
pan- (pandemic)
all (disease infecting an entire population)
super-* (supernumerary)
*may also indicate position, as in superficial
above, excess (in excess number)
