Module 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
uni-
one
bi-
two
tri-
three
quadri-/tetra-
four
pan-
all
hemi-
half
poly-
many, much
a-/an-
none, no, not, without
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
ultra-
beyond, excess
in-
in, into, not
ex-
out, away from
en-/endo-
in, within
ec-/ecto-
out, outside
ab-
away from
ad-
towards
ante-
before, forward
post-
after, behind
anti-
against
sub-
under, beneath
con-
with, together
epi-
upon, on, above
inter-
between
intra-
into, within
infra-
below, beneath, inferior to
supra-
above, superior to
para-
near, beside
peri-
surrounding
re-
back, again
retro-
behind, backward
syn-/sym-
together, with
pro-
before (in time), forward (location)
per-
through
trans-
through, across
dia-
through, complete
ana-
up, apart
cata-
down
de-
down
micro-
small
macro-
large
pseudo-
false
mega-
large
meta-
change, beyond
eu-
good, normal
mal-
bad
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
neo-
new
anti-
against
con-
with, together
contra-
against, opposite
auto-
self
brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
carp/o
wrist bones
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone)
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactul/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
lead, carry
flex/o
bend
furc/o
branching
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
the/o
put, place
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thyr/o
thyroid gland
top/o
place, position, location
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
glucose, sugar
immun/o
protection
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
nat/o
birth
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
tox/o
poison
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
urethr/o
urethra
-crine
to secrete
-drome
run
-fusion
coming together, to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
slide, fall, gag
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-meter
to measure
-mission
send
-or
one who
-oxia
oxygen
-partum
birth, labor
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
-physis
to grow
-plasia
development, growth
-plasm
structure, formation
-pnea
breathing
-ptom
happening, occurrence
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-trophy
development, nourishment