Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
Ab-
Away from
A-, an-
No, not, without
Ad-
Toward
Ana-
Up, apart
Ante-
Before, forward
Anti-
Against
Auto-
Self, own
Bi-
Two
Brady-
Slow
Cata-
Down
Con-
With, together
Contra-
Against, opposite
De-
Down, lack of
Dia-
Through, complete
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
Ec-, ecto-
Out, outside
Endo-
In, within
Epi-
Upon, on, above
Eu-
Good, normal
Ex-
Out, outside, away from
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Excessive, above
Hypo-
Deficient, under
In-
Not, into, within
Infra-
Beneath, under
Inter-
Between
Intra-
In, within, into
Macro-
Large
Mal-
Bad
Meta-
Beyond, change
Micro-
Small
Neo-
New
Pan-
All
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
Per-
Through
Peri-
Surrounding
Poly-
Many, much
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before, in front of
Pre-
Before, forward
Describe prodromal
Signs and symptoms (rash, fever) appear before the actual illness (chickenpox) and signal its onset. Altered mood, fatigue, flashes of light, or stuff muscles may occur before the actual headache.
Pros-
Before, forward
Re-
Back, again
Retro-
Behind, backward
Sub-
Under
Supra-
Above, upper
Syn-, sym-
Together, with
Tachy-
Fast
Trans-
Across, through
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
Uni-
One