HIM 111 Prefixes Flashcards
a-
not
ab-
away
ad-
toward
an-
not
ante-
before
anti-
against
bi-
two
brady-
slow
circum-
around
con-
with, together
contra-
against
de-
down, away from
dia-
through
dys-
bad
e-
out
ec-
out
ecto-
outside
en-
in, inside
endo-
in, inside
epi-
upon
eu-
good
ex-
out
exo-
outside
extra-
outside
hemi-
half
hyper-
over
hypo-
under
inter-
between
intra-
in, inside
macro-
large
micro-
small
mono-
one
multi-
many
oligo-
few
pan-
all
Like Panera
Etymology: gland of the abdomen, 1570s, from Latinized form of Greek pankreas “sweetbread (pancreas as food), pancreas,” literally “entirely flesh,” from pan- “all” (see pan-) + kreas “flesh” (from PIE root *kreue- “raw flesh”), probably so called for the homogeneous substance of the organ. Related: Pancreatic.
peri-
around
poly-
many
post-
after
pre-
before
pro-
before, on behalf of
re-
again
semi-
half
sub-
beneath
sym-
with, together
syn-
with, together
tachy-
fast
uni-
one