Prefix Flashcards
ab-
Away from
a-
No; not; without
Ana-
Up, apart
Ad-
Toward
An-
No, not, without
Ante-
Before, forward
Anti-
Against
Auto-
Self, own
Aut-
Own, self
Bi-
Two
Brady-
Slow
Con-
With, together
Cata-
Down
Contra-
Against, opposite
De-
Down, lack of
Dia-
Complete; through
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
Ec-
Out, outside
Endo-
In, within
Ecto-
Out, outside
Eu-
Good, normal
Epi-
Above; upon, on
Exo-
Out; outside of; outward
Ex-
Out; outward; outside of
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Excessive; above; more than normal
Hypo-
Deficient; (with body part) below; under; less than normal
Infra-
Beneath, under
In-
Into; in
…or
Not
Inter-
Between
Intra-
In, within, into
Macro-
Large
Meta-
Change, beyond
Mal-
Bad
Micro-
Small
Neo-
New
Pan-
All
Peri-
Surrounding, around
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
Per-
Through
Pro-
Before; forward
Poly-
Many, much
Pre-
Before, in front of
Post-
After, behind
Pros-
Before, forward
Re-
Back; backward; again
Retro-
Behind, backward
Supra-
Above, upper
Sub-
Below; under
Syn-
Sym-
Together, with
Tachy-
Fast
Trans-
Across, through
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
Uni-
One
multi-
many
nulli-
no, not, none
primi-
first