Medical Terminology Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Inter-
A
Between or among
2
Q
Intra-
A
Within or inside
3
Q
Dys-
A
Bad, difficult or painful
4
Q
Hyper-
A
Excessive, increased
5
Q
Hypo-
A
Deficient, decreased or below
6
Q
Peri-
A
Surrounding
7
Q
Sub-
A
Under, less, below
8
Q
Super-
A
Above or excessive
9
Q
Neo-
A
New
10
Q
Macro-
A
Large, abnormal size or long
11
Q
Ab-
A
Away from, negative, absent
12
Q
Ex-
A
Out of, outside, away from
13
Q
Mega-
A
Large, great
14
Q
Pre-
A
Before
15
Q
Post-
A
After, behind
16
Q
Ad-
A
Toward, to, in the direction of
17
Q
Dextr/o-
A
Right side
18
Q
Sinistr/o-
A
Left side
19
Q
In-
A
In, into, not, without
20
Q
Micro-
A
Small
21
Q
Olig/o-
A
Scanty, few
22
Q
Eu-
A
Good, normal, well, or easy
23
Q
Lith-
A
Stone
24
Q
End-
A
In, within, inside
25
Q
Exo-
A
Out of, outside, away from
26
Q
Endo-
A
Within, inside
27
Q
Retro-
A
Behind
28
Q
Epi-
A
Above
29
Q
A-
A
Without
30
Q
Ana-
A
Backward
31
Q
Eti-
A
Cause
