Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
a-, an-
No, not, without
ab-
Away from, for example ab-normal
Ad-
Toward. For example, ad-ductor = towards the body.
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. For example, eu-phoria - feeling of well being
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
Pro- and 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