Medical Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
a-, an-
A
without
2
Q
ambi-
A
both
3
Q
ante-
A
before
4
Q
anti-
A
against
5
Q
auto-
A
self
6
Q
bi-
A
two, both
7
Q
brady-
A
slow
8
Q
circum-
A
around
9
Q
cirrh-
A
yellow
10
Q
con-
A
with
11
Q
contra-
A
against
12
Q
dia-
A
completely
13
Q
dipl-
A
double
14
Q
dis-
A
separate, apart from
15
Q
dys-
A
painful, difficult
16
Q
ec-
A
away, out of
17
Q
ecto-
A
outside
18
Q
en-
A
in
19
Q
endo-
A
within
20
Q
epi-
A
above
21
Q
eso-
A
inward
22
Q
eu-
A
normal, good
23
Q
exo-
A
outside
24
Q
hemi-
A
half
25
Q
heter-
A
different
26
Q
hyper-
A
above, over
27
Q
hypo-
A
below, under
28
Q
im-
A
not, without
29
Q
immune-
A
immunity
30
Q
infra-
A
below, under
31
Q
inter-
A
between
32
Q
intra-
A
within
33
Q
iso-
A
equal
34
Q
leuk-
A
white
35
Q
lip-
A
fat
36
Q
macro-
A
large
37
Q
mal-
A
poor
38
Q
medi-, meso-, mid-
A
middle
39
Q
meta
A
beyond, after
40
Q
micro-
A
small
41
Q
mono-
A
one
42
Q
multi-
A
many
43
Q
neo-
A
new
44
Q
pachy-
A
heavy, thick
45
Q
pan-
A
all
46
Q
para-
A
near, abnormally
47
Q
peri-
A
around
48
Q
poly-
A
many
49
Q
post-, retro-
A
after
50
Q
pre-, pro-
A
before
51
Q
pseudo-
A
false
52
Q
super-, supra-
A
above
53
Q
sym-, syn-
A
with
54
Q
tachy-
A
fast
55
Q
trans-
A
across
56
Q
tri-
A
three
57
Q
uni-
A
one
58
Q
xero-
A
dry
