medical terminology (prefix) Flashcards
1.) a
not, without
2.) an
not, without
3.) ab
from, away from
4.) ad
toward, in the direction of
5.) alb
a white or pale color
6.) ambi
something positioned on both sides of
7.) anti
against, opposite of
8.) ante
something positioned in front of another thing
9.) auto
self
10.) bi
two, double
11.) tri
three
12.) brady
slow
13.) tachy
fast, rapid
14.) bio
life
15.) contra
against
16.) cyan
having a blue color
17.) dia
through, during, across
18.) dys
abnormal, difficult, painful
19.) endo
within, inner
20.) ecto
outer, outside
21.) eosin
having a red color
22.) erthr
having a red color
23.) epi
upon, over, above
24.) hemi
one-half
25.) semi
one-half, partly
26.) uni
one
27.) sub
under, below
28.) supra
above, excessive
29.) trans
across, through
30.) leuk
having a white color
31.) inter
between, among
32.) infra
below
33.) hypo
below normal, deficient
34.) hyper
excessive, above normal
35.) pan
denoting something as complete or contain everything, all
36.) para
alongside of
37.) retro
backward, behind
38.) quadri
four
39.) peri
something with a position ‘surrounding’ or ‘around’ another
40.) post
after, behind
41.) poly
many, much
42.) jaund
yellow discoloration of the skin
43.) cirrh
orange-yellow
44.) pseud
something false or fake
45.) pre
before, in front of
46.) chlor
a green color
47.) meso
middle
48.) primi
first
49.) sym
similarity, likeness, or being together
50.) mono
one, single
51.) juxta
near to, alongside, or next to
52.) word root
basic foundation of a word
53.) combining form
word root + vowel = combining form
54.) prefix
attaches to the beginning of a word
55.) suffix
attaches to the end of the word root
-makes the word a (n) or an (adj)
56.) combining vowel
when using more than one word root- as in a compound word
