Prefix Flashcards
ab-
away from (separate, off)
ad-
towards (near)
all-
different
aniso-
unequal
ante-
before, in front
anti-
against, opposed to ,opposite
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
cata-
down, under, lower, below
centi-
hundreth, 0.01
chlor-
green
circum-
around
cirrh-
yellow
contra-
against, opposed to
cyan-
blue
de-
opposite
deca-, deka-
ten, 10
deci-
thenth, 0.1
dextro-
right
dia-
through, throughout, completely
dis-
not, opposite of
dis-
apart
dors-
after, behind
dys-A
bad, difficult or painful
ec-
out
en-, em-
cause to
en-
in, into
epi-
upon, above, beside
erythr-
red
eu-
well, easy
ex-
out
fore-
before, in front
glauc-
grey
hetero-
different
hydro-
water
hyper-
many, excess, abnormally high
hypo-
few, under, deficient
in-, im-, il-, ir-
not
in-
in
inter-
between
iso-
equal
kilo-
thousand, 1,000
kyph-
bent, crooked
later-
side
leuc-, leuk-, leuko-
white, colorless
levo-
left
macro-
large
mal-
bad
mega-
large
melan-
black, dark
micro-
small
micro-
millionth, 0.000001
mid-
middle
milli-
thousandth, 0.001
mis-
wrong
multi-, poly-
many, excess
noct-, nox-
night
ortho-
straight
over-
over
pan-
all, entire
per-
through, throughout
peri-
around, near
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front
pro-
before, in front
re-
back (again)
retr-
backwards
semi-
half
sten-
narrow
sub-
under
super-
above
tachy-
fast, rapid
trans-
through, across
un-A
not
under-
under
ventr-
relation to, connection with