Common Root Words, Prefixes Flashcards
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1
Q
adip
A
fat
2
Q
anter
A
in front of
3
Q
aut
A
self
4
Q
bio
A
life
5
Q
carcin
A
cancer
6
Q
cry
A
cold
7
Q
dextr
A
to the right
8
Q
dors
A
back
9
Q
erythr
A
red
10
Q
gluc, glyc
A
sugar
11
Q
herni
A
rupture
12
Q
hist
A
tissue
13
Q
hydr
A
water
14
Q
lact
A
milk
15
Q
later
A
side
16
Q
lip
A
fat
17
Q
leuk
A
white
18
Q
lev
A
to the left
19
Q
lith
A
stone
20
Q
macr
A
large
21
Q
med
A
middle
22
Q
melan
A
black
23
Q
micr
A
small
24
Q
narc
A
sleep
25
necr
dead
26
onc
tumor
27
path
disease
28
ped
child
29
pseud
false
30
psych
mind
31
py
pus
32
pyr
fever, heat
33
seps, sept, septic
infection
34
sten
narrowed
35
tom
section
36
therm
heat
37
a-, an-
without
38
ab-
away from
39
ad-
toward
40
amb-
walk
41
ambi-
both
42
ante-
before
43
anti-
against
44
bi-
two, twice, double
45
brady-
slow
46
circum-
around
47
contra-
against
48
de-
down
49
dis-
away from
50
dys-
painful, abnormal
51
endo-
within, inside
52
epi-
above, on
53
eu-
normal, good
54
ex, extra-
outside of
55
fore-
in front of
56
hemi-
half
57
hyper-
above, excessive, increased
58
hypo-
below, decreased, insufficient
59
infra-
beneath
60
inter-
between, among
61
intra-
within, during
62
juxta-
nearby, next to
63
mal-
bad
64
mega-
exceptionally large
65
meso-
middle
66
meta-
over, beyond
67
mono-
one
68
multi-
many
69
neo-
new
70
nulli-
none
71
olig-
less than normal
72
peri-
around
73
poly-
many
74
post-
after, behind
75
pre-, pro-
before, in front of
76
presby-
older age
77
primi-
first
78
quadri-
four
79
retro-
behind, in back of
80
sub-
under
81
super-, supra-
above, excess
82
sym-, syn-
together, with
83
tachy-
fast
84
trans-
across
85
tri-
three
86
ultra-
beyond, excess
87
uni-
one
