Medical Terminology Prefixes Flashcards
a-
no, not, without (quantitative/qualitative)
an-
no, not, without (quantitative/qualitative)
ana-
up, apart (quantitative/qualitative)
anti-
against (quantitative/qualitative)
auto-
self (quantitative/qualitative)
bi-
two (quantitative/qualitative)
brady-
deficient or under (quantitative/qualitative)
chloro-
green (quantitative/qualitative)
chromo-
color (quantitative/qualitative)
co-
with or together (quantitative/qualitative)
com-
with or together (quantitative/qualitative)
con-
with or together (quantitative/qualitative)
cyano-
blue (quantitative/qualitative)
de-
down or lack of (quantitative/qualitative)
deci-
one tenth (quantitative/qualitative)
di-
two (quantitative/qualitative)
dia-
through, also between, apart, across, completely (quantitative/qualitative and locational)
dys-
bad or painful (quantitative/qualitative)
erythro-
red (quantitative/qualitative)
hemi-
half (quantitative/qualitative)
hexa-
six (quantitative/qualitative)
hyper-
excessive or above (quantitative/qualitative)
hypo-
below or deficient (quantitative/qualitative)
lueko-
white (quantitative/qualitative)
macro-
large (quantitative/qualitative)
mal-
bad (quantitative/qualitative)
melano-
black (quantitative/qualitative)
meta-
beyond or change (quantitative/qualitative and locational)
micro-
small (quantitative/qualitative)
mono-
one (quantitative/qualitative)
multi-
many (quantitative/qualitative)
neo-
new (quantitative/qualitative)
pan-
all (quantitative/qualitative)
pent-
five (quantitative/qualitative)
poly-
many or much (quantitative/qualitative)
pseudo-
false (quantitative/qualitative)
quadr-
four (quantitative/qualitative)
sub-
less than or beneath (quantitative/qualitative or locational)
sym-, syn-
with or together (quantitative/qualitative)
tachy-
fast (quantitative/qualitative)
tri-
three (quantitative/qualitative)
ultra-
beyond (quantitative/qualitative)
xanth-
yellow (quantitative/qualitative)
ab-
away from (locational)
ad-
toward or near (locational)
ante-
before or forward (locational)
dis-
apart or away from (locational)
ec-, ecto-
outside (locational)
endo-
within or in or inner (locational)
epi-
above or upon (locational)
ex-
out (locational)
extra-
outside of (locational)
in-
in or into (locational)
infra-
below or beneath (locational)
inter-
between (locational)
intra-
within (locational)
para-
near or alongside (locational)
peri-
surrounding (locational)
post-
after or behind (locational)
pre-
before (locational)
pro-, pros-
before or forward (locational)
re-
again or back (locational)
retro-
behind or backward (locational)
supra-
above or upper (locational)
trans-
across or through (locational)