Pharmacy Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
A-
A
without, not, no
Aphasia
2
Q
Ab-
A
away from
Abduct
3
Q
Ad-
A
Toward
Adduct
4
Q
Ante-
A
Before, forward
Anteflexion
5
Q
Auto-
A
self
Autoimmune
6
Q
Bio-
A
Life
Biology
7
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
Bradycardia
8
Q
Circum-
A
around
circumcision
9
Q
Con-
A
together, with
congenital
10
Q
Contra-
A
Against
Contraindication
11
Q
Dia-
A
Complete, through
Diarrhea
12
Q
Dys-
A
Bad, abnormal, painful
Dysuria
13
Q
Ecto-
A
Out, outside
Ectopic
14
Q
En-
A
In, within, inward
encapsulated
15
Q
Endo-
A
into, within
Endoscopic
16
Q
Epi-
A
above, upon
Epidermal
17
Q
Eu-
A
Euphoria
18
Q
Ex-, exo-
A
Out, away from
excision
19
Q
Extra-
A
outside
Extracellular
20
Q
Hyper-
A
Excessive, above
Hyperglycemia
21
Q
Hypo-
A
Below, inferior
Infracostal
22
Q
Inter-
A
Between
Interfemoral
23
Q
Intra-
A
Within, into, inside
Intradermal
24
Q
Iso-
A
Same, equal
Isograft
25
Macro-
Large
| Macrocyte
26
Mal-
Poor, bad
| Malaise
27
Meso-
Middle
| Mesoderm
28
Meta-
Change, beyond, after
| Metastasis
29
Micro-
Small
| Microscope
30
Multi-
Many
| Multilingual
31
Neo-
New
| Neonatal
32
Nulli-
None
| Nullipara
33
Para-
Near, beside, abnormal, alongside
| Parathyroid
34
Per-
through
| Perforated
35
Peri-
Around, surrounding
| Pericardium
36
Poly-
Many, excessive
| Polycystic
37
Post-
Behind, after
| Postpartum
38
Pre-
Before, in front of
| Premature
39
Pro-
Before, in front
| Prognosis
40
Re-
Again, back
| Reactive
41
Retro-
Behind, backward
| Retrograde
42
Sub-
Below, under, beneath
| Sublingal
43
Super-
Above, over
| Superficial
44
Supra-
Above, on top of, upper
| Suprarenal
45
Syn-
Together, with, union
| Syndactylism
46
Tachy-
Fast
| Tachypnea
47
Trans-
Across
| Transhepatic
48
Ultra-
Beyond, excessive
| Ultrasound
49
Semi-
Half
| Semicircular
50
Hemi-
Half
| Hemiplegia
51
Mono-
One, single
| Mononucleus
52
Uni-
One
| Unipolar
53
Bi-
Two, double, both
| Bilateral
54
Di(plo)-
Two, dounle
| Diplococci
55
Tri-
Three
| Tricuspid
56
Tetra-
Four
| Tetratomic
57
Quadr-
Four
| Quadriplegia
58
Penta-
Five
| Pentadactyl
59
Quint-
Five
| Quintipara
60
Hexa-
Six
| Hexastrol
61
Sexta-
Six
| Sextan
62
Hepta-
Seven
| Heptachromic
63
Septa-
Seven
| Septuplets
64
Octa-
Eight
| Octarius
65
Enne-
Nine
| Ennead
66
Non(i)-
Nine
| Nonipara
67
Deca-
Tenth
| Deciliter
68
Hecto-
Hundred
| Hectogram
69
Centi-
Hundreth
| Centimeter
70
Kilo-
Thousand
| Kilogram
71
Mili-
Thousandth
| Milliliter