prefix/suffix Flashcards
A-
negative prefix: no, not
ab
away from
ad
to, toward
alg
pain
ambi
on both sides
amph, amphi
both ways, all around, both sides
ante
forward, before
anti
against, counter
arthr
joint
bi
two
brachi
arm
capti
head
caud
tail
cephal
head
chondr
cartilage
co, com, con
together, with
contra
against, counter
crani
skull
dactyl
finger, toe
derm
skin
di
two
dia
through, between, across, apart
dis
away from
dors
back
dys
bad, improper
ec
out, out from
ede
swell
em, en
in, within
epi
on, above, over
gen
produce, originate
gno
know
hemi
half
hom
common, same
hyper
above, beyond
hypo
under, below
infra
beneath
inter
between
intra
inside, within
mal
bad, abnormal
met, meta
after, beyond
mon
only
morph
form, shape
my
muscle
necr
corpse, death
neur
nerve
-oid
from, like
orth
straight, right
oss
bone
ost
bone
para
beside, beyond
path
sickness
ped
child
pod
foot
poly
much, many
post
after, in time
pre, pro
before, in time or place
pseud
false
psych
mind
quadr
four
re
back, again
retro
going backward, behind
scler
hard
semi
half
spas
draw, pull
sub
under
super, supra
above, beyond
sym, syn
with, together
therap
treatment
trans
across
tri
three
troph
nurture