Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes Flashcards
hyper-
over, excessive, more than normal (e.g. hypertension)
hypo- (hyp- before vowels or h)
below, deficient, less than normal, somewhat (e.g. hypothesis)
meta- (met- before vowels or h)
after, change, transfer (e.g. metabolism, method)
para- (par- before vowels or h)
beside, resembling, disordered, associated (e.g. parasite, parody)
peri-
around, near (e.g. periscope)
pro-
before, in front of, forward (e.g. program)
pros-
toward, in addition to, fronting (e.g. prosthetic)
syn- (sym-, syl-, sy-, sys-)
with, together (e.g. synonym, syllable)
ACOU- (ACU-)
to hear (e.g. anacusia)
AMBLY-
dull (e.g. amblychromasia)
ANTH-
flower (e.g. anther)
CHROM-, CHROMAT-, CHRO-
color (e.g. dichromatism)
DACTYL-
finger, toe (e.g. dactylolysis)
DE-
to bind (e.g. adesmy)
DESM-
ligament (e.g.syndesmology)
ENTER-
intestine (e.g. myentric)
ERG-
work (e.g. energy, adrenergic)
ESTHE- (AESTHE-)
to feel, to percieve (e.g. aesthacyte)
GER-, GERONT-
old person, old age (e.g. acrogeria)
GNATH-
jaw (e.g. dysgnathic)
GNO-
to know (e.g. acroagnosis)
GRAPH-
to write (e.g. dromograph)
-GRAM
thing written (e.g. engram)
HEPAT-, HEPAR-
liver (e.g. heparin)
KINE- (CINE-)
to move (e.g. akinesthesia)
LEX-
to read (e.g. dyslexia)
MY-, MYS-, MYOS-
muscle (e.g. myosin)
NEPHR-
kidney (e.g. nephrocyte)
OSM-
smell (e.g. anosmia)
THE-
to put, to place (e.g. thesis)
