Med Term Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
a-
A
Without, away from
2
Q
ab-
A
Away from
3
Q
ad-
A
Towards
4
Q
ambi-
A
Both, both sides
5
Q
an-
A
Without
6
Q
ante-
A
Before, in front of
7
Q
antero-
A
Before, in front of
8
Q
anti-
A
Against
9
Q
auto-
A
Self
10
Q
brady-
A
Slow
11
Q
circum-
A
Around
12
Q
con-
A
With, together
13
Q
contra-
A
Against
14
Q
de-
A
Down
15
Q
dextro-
A
To the right of
16
Q
dia-
A
Through, across
17
Q
dorso-
A
Back
18
Q
dys-
A
Painful, difficult
19
Q
ec-
A
Out, out from
20
Q
endo-
A
Within, inner
21
Q
epi-
A
Upon, over
22
Q
eu-
A
Good, normal
23
Q
ex-
A
Out from
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Q
exo-
A
Out
25
hetero-
Different
26
homo-
Same
27
hydro-
Water
28
hyper-
Over, above
29
hypo-
Under, below
30
im-
Not
31
in-
Not, into
32
infra-
Under, beneath, below
33
inter-
Among, between
34
intra
Within, inside
35
latero-
Side
36
mal-
Bad, ill
37
medi-
Middle
38
meso-
Middle
39
meta-
Change, beyond
40
mid-
Middle
41
neo-
New
42
pachy-
Thick
43
pan-
All
44
para-
Beside, beyond, near
45
per-
Through
46
peri-
Around
47
post-
After
48
postero-
After, behind
49
pre-
Before, in front of
50
pro-
Before, in front of
51
pseudo-
False
52
re-
Again, back
53
retro-
Backward, behind
54
sinistro-
Left
55
sub-
Below, under
56
super-
Above, excess
57
supra-
Above
58
sym-
Together
59
syn-
Together
60
tachy-
Rapid, fast
61
trans-
Through, across
62
ultra-
Beyond, excess
63
bi-
Two
64
di-
Two
65
diplo-
Double
66
hemi-
Half
67
macro-
Large
68
micro-
Small
69
mono-
One
70
multi-
Many
71
nulli-
None
72
poly-
Many
73
quad-
Four
74
semi-
Partial
75
tri-
Three
76
uni-
One
77
alb-
White
78
chlor-
(chloro-) Green
79
cyan-
(cyano-) Blue
80
erythr-
(erythro-) Red
81
eosin-
(eosino-) Rosy
82
leuk-
(leuko-) White
83
melan-
(melano-) black
84
rube-
Red
85
xanth-
(xantho) Yellow
86
purpur-
(purpuro-) Purple
