medical terminology- prefixes Flashcards
a-, an-
not, without
ab-
from, away
ad-
to, toward
ante-
before, infront of
anti-
againsit
auto-
self
bi, bin-
two, twice,double
brady-
slow
circum-
around
contra-
against
de-
loss, removal of
dia-
through, across
dis-
opposite of, not having
dys-
abnormal, painful, difficult
ecto-, exo, extra,
outside, beyond
end-, endo-
within, inside
epi-
uopon, over at
eu-
healthy, normal
ex-
out,away from
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
insufficient, inside
in-
inward, inside
in-
not
infra-
under, below
inter-
between
intra-
within
macr-,macro
large
mal-
bad,poor,abnormal
meta-
beyond, next, after,changes
micr-, micro-
small
mon-, mono-
one
multi-
many
neo-
new
non-
not
pan-
all
para-
near,beside, abnornamal
per-
by, through
peri-
around
poly-
many
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pseud-,pseudo-
false
quadr-, quadri-, quadru-
four
re-
again, backward
retro-
backward, behind
semi-
half
sub-
under,beneath
supra
above, over
sym-,syn
together,joined
tachy-
fast, swift, rapid
tetr-,tetra
four
trans-
through,across
tri-
three
ultra-
beyond, excessive
uni-
one