Medical Terminology Prefixes Flashcards
Learn medical prefixes
a
without, lack of
ab
away from
ad
to, toward
an
without, lack of
ana
up, back, again
ante
before, forward
anti
against, opposed to
auto
self
bi
two
brady
slow
circum
around,about
contra
against, opposite
de
down from, away
di
twice, double
diap
through, completely
dys
difficult, paintful, abnormal
ect(o)
out, outside
end(o)
within
epi
upon, over, above
eu
easy, good, normal
ex(o)
outside, away from
extra
outside, in addition
hemi
half
hyper
over, excessive, high
hypo
under, below normal
in
in, into, not, without
infra
below, under
inter
between
intra
inside, within
ipsi
same
iso
equal
macro
large
mal
bad or abnormal
mega
large
meta
after, change
micro
small
mono
one, single
multi
many
neo
new
noct
night
nulli
none
olig(o)
little, deficient
ortho
straight or normal
pan
all, entire
para
near, beside, beyond, apart from
per
through
peri
around
poly
many
post
after, behind
pre
before
primi
first
pro
before, in front of
quadr(i)
four
re
back
retro
backward, behind
semi
half, partial
sub
under, below
super
above, excessive, or more than normal
supra
above, upper
sym
together, joined
syn
together, joined
tachy
rapid, fast
tetra
four
trans
across, through, beyond
tri
three
uni
one