Medical Terminology Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
a
A
without; not; away from
2
Q
ab-
A
from; away from; absent
3
Q
ad-
A
toward; increase
4
Q
alb-
A
white
5
Q
ambi-
A
both; both sides
6
Q
an-
A
without;not
7
Q
ana-
A
not; without; against
8
Q
aniso-
A
unequal
9
Q
ante-
A
before; in front
10
Q
anti-
A
against
11
Q
auto-
A
self
12
Q
bi-
A
two; double
13
Q
bio-
A
life
14
Q
brady-
A
slow
15
Q
cata-
A
down; under against; lower
16
Q
cine-
A
movement
17
Q
circum-
A
around
18
Q
con-
A
together; with
19
Q
contra-
A
against
20
Q
de-
A
down; from
21
Q
dia-
A
through; between
22
Q
dis-
A
free of; to undo; double; negative
23
Q
dys-
A
bad; difficult; painful; disordered
24
Q
echo-
A
sound
25
ecto-
outside
26
endo-
within; inner
27
epi-
upon; over; after
28
eu-
well; easily; good; normal
29
ex-
away from; outside
30
exo-
outward
31
extra-
outside; beyond
32
hemi-
half
33
homeo-
likeness; same
34
homo-
same
35
hydro-
water
36
hyper-
excessive; above
37
hypno-
sleep; hypnosis
38
hypo-
under; below; beneath; less than normal
39
idio-
individual
40
im-
not
41
in-
in; inside; within; not
42
infra-
beneath; below; under
43
inter-
between
44
intra-
within
45
juxta-
near; beside
46
mal-
bad; poor
47
mega-
large
48
meso-
middle
49
meta-
beyond; after; change
50
milli-
one-thousandth
51
mono-
one; single
52
multi-
many
53
non-
not
54
nulli-
none
55
oxy-
rapid; sharp
56
pachy-
thick
57
pan-
all
58
par-
apart from
59
para-
near; beside; beyond; two like parts
60
per-
through; intense
61
peri-
around; about
62
poly-
many; much
63
post-
after; behind
64
pre-
before; in front
65
primi-
first
66
pseudo-
false
67
quadri-
four
68
retro-
backward; behind
69
rube-
red
70
semi-
half
71
sub-
beneath; under
72
supra-
above; over; beyond
73
sym-
joined; together
74
syn-
joined; together
75
tachy-
rapid
76
trans-
across; through
77
tri-
three
78
ultra-
beyond; excess
79
uni-
one
