Chapter 3: Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
A-
A
Lack of , no, without, apart
2
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
3
Q
Dys-
A
difficult, bad, painful, abnormal
4
Q
Eu-
A
Good, normal
5
Q
Hyper-
A
Excessive
6
Q
Hypo-
A
Deficient
7
Q
Tachy-
A
Rapid
8
Q
Anti-
A
Against
9
Q
Contra-
A
Against
10
Q
Auto-
A
Self
11
Q
Brachy-
A
Short
12
Q
Cac-
A
Bad
13
Q
Mal-
A
Bad
14
Q
Dia-
A
through, between
15
Q
Ex-
A
Out, away from
16
Q
Exo-
A
Out, away from
17
Q
Hetero-
A
Different
18
Q
Homeo-
A
Same, similar, likeness, constant
19
Q
Hydro-
A
Water
20
Q
Micro-
A
Small
21
Q
Oligo-
A
Scanty, little
22
Q
Pan-
A
All
23
Q
Pseudo-
A
False
24
Q
Sym-
A
Together, with
25
Syn-
Together, with
26
An-
No, not, without, lack of, apart
27
Ad-
Toward, near
28
Bi-
Two, double
29
De-
Down, away from
30
Di-
Two, double
31
Dia-
Through, between, complete
32
Dif-
Apart, free from, separate
32
Dis-
Apart, free from, separate
33
Ec-
Out, outside, outer
34
Ecto-
Out, outside, outer
35
End-
Within, inner
36
Endo-
Within, inner
37
Ep-
Upon, over, above
38
Epi-
Upon, over, above
39
Ab-
Away from
40
Ana-
Up, apart, backwards
41
Ante-
Before, forward
42
Cata-
Down
43
Circum-
Around
44
Peri-
Around
45
Inter-
Between
46
Intra-
Within, into
47
Meso-
Middle
48
Para-
Beside, alongside
49
Retro-
Backwards
50
Sub-
Below, under, beneath
51
Supra-
Above, beyond
52
Extra-
Outside, beyond
53
Hyper-
Above, beyond, excessive
54
Hypo-
Below, under, deficient
55
In-
In, into, not
56
Mega-
Large, great
57
Meta-
beyond, over, between, change
58
Para-
Beside, alongside, abnormal
59
Poly-
Many, much, excessive
60
Post-
After, behind
61
Pre-
Before, in front of
62
Pro-
Before, in front of
63
Super-
Upper, above
64
Supra-
Above, beyond. Superior
65
Ambi-
Both
66
Bin-
Twice
67
Deca-
Ten
68
Di(s)
Two, apart
69
Mono-
One
70
Multi-
Many, much
71
Nulli-
None
72
Poly-
Many
73
Primi-
First
74
Quadri-
Four
75
Semi-
Half
76
Hemi-
Half
77
Tri-
Three
78
Uni-
One
