Common Medical Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
a-, an-, ar-
A
Without - arrhythmia
2
Q
ab-
A
Away From - abducted
3
Q
ana-
A
Again, Upward, Back - anabolism
4
Q
aniso-
A
Unequal - anisocytosis
5
Q
ante-
A
Before, In Front Of - antecubital
6
Q
anti-
A
Against - antiseptic
7
Q
auto-
A
Self - autologous
8
Q
bi-
A
Two - bicuspid
9
Q
bio-
A
Life - biology
10
Q
brady-
A
Slow - bradycardia
11
Q
cata-
A
Down - catabolism
12
Q
centi-
A
One-Hundredth - centimeter
13
Q
cyan-
A
Blue - cyanotic
14
Q
dia-
A
Across, Through - diapedesis
15
Q
dorso-
A
Back - dorsal
16
Q
dys-
A
Difficult - dyspnea
17
Q
endo-
A
In, Within - endothelium
18
Q
epi-
A
On, Over, Upon - epidermis
19
Q
ex-, exo-, extra-
A
Outside - exocrine, extravascular
20
Q
hetero
A
Different - heterosexual
21
Q
homo-, homeo-
A
Same - homogeneous, homeostasis
22
Q
hyper-
A
Above Normal, High - hypertension
23
Q
hypo-
A
Below Normal, low - hypoglycemia
24
Q
intra-
A
Within - intramuscular
25
inter-
Between - intercellular
26
iso-
Equal, Same - isothermal
27
kilo-
Thousand - kilogram
28
later-
Side - lateral
29
macro-
Large, Long - macrocyte
30
mal-
Poor - malnutrition
31
mid-, medi-
Middle - midline, medial
32
micro-
Small - microcyte
33
milli-
One-Thousandth - milliliter
34
mono-
One - mononuclear
35
neo-
New - neonatal
36
per-
Through, By Means Of - percutaneous
37
peri-
Around - pericardium
38
poly-
Many, Much - polyuria
39
post-
After - postprandial
40
pre-
Before - prenatal
41
semi-
Half - semilunar
42
sub-
Below, Under - subcutaneous
43
supra-
Above - suprapubic
44
tachy-
Rapid, Fast - tachycardia
45
tri-
Three - tricuspid
