prefix medical terms Flashcards
a-,an-,ab-
without, lack of away from
ad-
toward, near
ambi-
both sides
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
apo-
off, away from
auto-
self
bi-
two, both
cata-
downwards
con-
with, together
de-
without
diplo-
double
dys-
painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-, ecto
out, outside
endo-
within, inside
epi-
above
eu-
normal
ex-
outwards
extra-
outside of
hemi-
half
hetero-
different
homo-
same
hyper-
excessive, too much, above
hypo-
deficient, below
in-
inward, not
infra-
beneath
inter-
between
intra-
within
juxta-
near
macro-
large
mal-
bad, abnormal
mega-
great, large
meta-
change, beyond
micro-
small
mono-
one
morph(o)-
shape
multi-
many
neo-
new
nulli-
none
olig(o)
scanty, little
pan-
all
par(a)
beside, abnormal
per-
through
peri-
surrounding
pico-
one trillionth
poly-
many,much
post-
affter
pre-
before
pseudo-
false
quadri-
four
re-
again
retr(o)
backward, behind
semi-
partial, half
sub-
under, less than
super-
above
supra-
above, upon
syn-
with together
tetra-
four
trans-
through, across
un-
not
uni-
one