Chapter 2 Prefixes and Word Parts Flashcards
bi
two, double
hemi
half
milli
one-thousandth
mono
one, single
nulli
none
primi
first
quadri
four
semi
half
tetra
four
tri
three
uni
one
hyper
excessive
hyp and hypo
under, below, beneath, less than normal
multi
many
poly
many, much
ab
from, away from
ad
toward, increase
ambi
both, both sides
ante
before, in front
circum
around
de
down, from
dia
through
ecto
outside
endo
within
epi
upon, over
ex
out, away from, outside
exo
outside, outward
extra
outside, beyond
hypo
under, below, beneath, less than, normal
in
in, inside, within, not
infra
beneath, below, under
inter
between
intra
within
juxta
near, beside
meso
middle
para
near, beside, beyond, two like parts
peri
around
pre
before, in front
pro
in front, before
re
back, again
retro
backward, behind
sub
under, below
supra
above, over
trans
across, through
black
melan/o
blue
cyan/o
gray, silver
glauc/o, poli/o
green
chlor/o
purple
purpur/o
red
erythro/o, eosin/o, rube
white
alb, albin/o, leuk/o
yellow
cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o
alb
white
albin/o
white
chlor/o
green
cirrh/o
yellow, tawny
cyan/o
blue
eosin/o
red, rosy
erythr/o
red
glauc/o
gray, silver
jaund/o
yellow
lute/o
yellow
leuk/o
white
melan/o
black
poli/o
gray
purpur/o
purple
rube
red
xanth/o
yellow
a or an
without, not, no
ana
not, without
anti
against
contra
against
dis
free of, to undo
im
not
in
in, inside, within, not
non
not
auto
self
bio
life
brady
slow
circum
around
con
together, with
dis
free of, to undo
dys
bad, difficult, painful, disordered
eu
well, easily, good, normal
hetero
different
homeo
likeness, same
homo
same
hydro
water
idio
individual
im
not
meta
beyond, after
non
not
pan
all
para
near, beside, beyond, two like parts
per
through
post
after, behind
primi
first
pseudo
false
sym
joined, together
syn
joined, together
tachy
rapid
tri
three
ultra
beyond, excess