Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
a-/an-
A
not/without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from (abduct)
3
Q
ad-
A
toward (adduct)
4
Q
albus-
A
white (albinuria)
5
Q
ambi-
A
both
6
Q
ante-/pre-/pro-
A
before
7
Q
anti-/contra-
A
against
8
Q
bi-/di-
A
two
9
Q
brady-
A
slow
10
Q
circum-
A
around
11
Q
cyano-
A
blue
12
Q
de-
A
down from/removing
13
Q
dia-
A
through/between,across
14
Q
dys-
A
difficult/abnormal
15
Q
ecto-/ex-/exo-
A
outside/without/away from
16
Q
en-/endo-/em-/eso-
A
inside
17
Q
epi-
A
above/on
18
Q
erythro-
A
red
19
Q
eu-
A
good/normal
20
Q
glyco-
A
sweet/sugar
21
Q
hemi-/semi-
A
half/partly
22
Q
hyper-
A
excessive/greater than normal
23
Q
hypo-/sub-
A
beneath/below normal
24
Q
in-
A
not (inability)
25
infra-
beneath (infraorbital)
26
inter-
between (intercostal)
27
intra-
within/inside of
28
leuko-
white
29
lith-
stone
30
macro-
large
31
mal-
bad
32
meso-
middle/moderate (mesothelial)
33
micro-
small
34
multi-/poly-
excessive
35
mono-/uni-
one
36
nephro-
kidney
37
nulli-
none
38
para-
near/beside/resembling/abnormal (long and tubular areas: paraesophageal)
39
per-
through/by/completely (percutaneous, permanent)
40
peri-
around/near (small and compact areas: periumbilical)
41
post-
after/behind
42
primi-
first
43
re-
back/again
44
retro-
behind/backward
45
super-
more than normal/excessive
46
supra-
above/over
47
sy(n)(m)-
together/union (symbiosis)
48
tachy-
fast
49
trans-
across/through
50
uni-
one
