Chapter 3: Prefixes Flashcards
A-
Lack of , no, without, apart
Brady-
Slow
Dys-
difficult, bad, painful, abnormal
Eu-
Good, normal
Hyper-
Excessive
Hypo-
Deficient
Tachy-
Rapid
Anti-
Against
Contra-
Against
Auto-
Self
Brachy-
Short
Cac-
Bad
Mal-
Bad
Dia-
through, between
Ex-
Out, away from
Exo-
Out, away from
Hetero-
Different
Homeo-
Same, similar, likeness, constant
Hydro-
Water
Micro-
Small
Oligo-
Scanty, little
Pan-
All
Pseudo-
False
Sym-
Together, with
Syn-
Together, with
An-
No, not, without, lack of, apart
Ad-
Toward, near
Bi-
Two, double
De-
Down, away from
Di-
Two, double
Dia-
Through, between, complete
Dif-
Apart, free from, separate
Dis-
Apart, free from, separate
Ec-
Out, outside, outer
Ecto-
Out, outside, outer
End-
Within, inner
Endo-
Within, inner
Ep-
Upon, over, above
Epi-
Upon, over, above
Ab-
Away from
Ana-
Up, apart, backwards
Ante-
Before, forward
Cata-
Down
Circum-
Around
Peri-
Around
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within, into
Meso-
Middle
Para-
Beside, alongside
Retro-
Backwards
Sub-
Below, under, beneath
Supra-
Above, beyond
Extra-
Outside, beyond
Hyper-
Above, beyond, excessive
Hypo-
Below, under, deficient
In-
In, into, not
Mega-
Large, great
Meta-
beyond, over, between, change
Para-
Beside, alongside, abnormal
Poly-
Many, much, excessive
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before, in front of
Pro-
Before, in front of
Super-
Upper, above
Supra-
Above, beyond. Superior
Ambi-
Both
Bin-
Twice
Deca-
Ten
Di(s)
Two, apart
Mono-
One
Multi-
Many, much
Nulli-
None
Poly-
Many
Primi-
First
Quadri-
Four
Semi-
Half
Hemi-
Half
Tri-
Three
Uni-
One