Medical Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
a-, an-
A
without
2
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ab-
A
away, from
3
Q
ad-
A
toward
4
Q
ambi-
A
both
5
Q
ante-
A
before
6
Q
anti-
A
against
7
Q
auto-
A
self
8
Q
bi-
A
two, twice, double
9
Q
brady-
A
slow
10
Q
circum-
A
around
11
Q
contra-
A
against
12
Q
de-
A
down
13
Q
dys-
A
painful, abnormal, difficult, bad
14
Q
endo-
A
within, inside
15
Q
epi-
A
above, on
16
Q
eu-
A
normal, good
17
Q
ex, extra-, exo-
A
outside fo
18
Q
hemi-
A
half
19
Q
hyper-
A
above, excessive, increased
20
Q
hypo-
A
below, insufficient, decreased
21
Q
infra-
A
beneath
22
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intra-
A
within, during
23
Q
levo-
A
to the left
24
Q
macro-
A
large
25
mal-
bad
26
mega-
exceptionally large
27
meso-
middle
28
meta-
over, beyond
29
micro-
small
30
mono-
one
31
multi-
many
32
neo-
new
33
nulli-
none
34
peri-
around
35
poly-
many
36
post-
after, behind
37
pre-, pro-
before, in front of
38
presby-
older age
39
primi-
first
40
pseudo-
false
41
quadri-
four
42
retro-
behind, in back of
43
sten-
narrowed
44
sub-
under
45
super-, supra-
above, exess
46
sym-, syn-
together, with
47
tachy-
fast
48
trans-
across
49
tri-
three
50
ultra-
beyond, excess
51
uni-
one
