Medical Terms - Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
What is a prefix?
A
a word part found at the beginning
2
Q
a-, an-
A
without
2
Q
ante-, pre-, pro-
A
before
3
Q
anti-, contra–
A
against
4
Q
bi-, diplo-
A
two
5
Q
brady-
A
slow
6
Q
circum-
A
around
7
Q
de-
A
away from
8
Q
dia-, trans-
A
through
9
Q
dys-
A
Abnormal, painful, difficult
10
Q
ecto-
A
outside
11
Q
endo-
A
within
12
Q
epi-
A
upon, over
13
Q
eu-
A
normal, good
14
Q
ex-, exo-, extra-
A
Out of, away from, outside
15
Q
hemi-, semi-
A
half
16
Q
hyper-, poly-
A
Above normal, excessive
17
Q
hypo-, sub-
A
Below normal, below, underneath, inferior
18
Q
inter-
A
between
19
Q
intra-
A
within
20
Q
iso-
A
same
21
Q
mal-
A
Bad, not adequate
22
Q
megalo-, mega-, macro-
A
large, big
23
Q
micro-
A
small, tiny
24
mono-
one
25
oligo-
Few, scanty, sparse
26
pan-
all
27
peri-
around
28
post-
after, following
29
quadra-, quadri-
four
30
re-
Again, backward
31
super-, supra-
Above, superior, more
32
tachy-
Fast, abnormally fast
33
ultra-
beyond
34
uni-
one, single
