Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
ab—
A
from, away from
2
Q
ad—
A
toward, increase
3
Q
albin/o
A
white, colorless
4
Q
alb—
A
white, colorless
5
Q
ambi—
A
both, both sides
6
Q
ana—
A
without, not
7
Q
ante—
A
in front, before
8
Q
an—
A
without, not, no
9
Q
a—
A
absence of, without, not, no
10
Q
bi—
A
two, double, twice
11
Q
brady—
A
slow
12
Q
chlor/o
A
green
13
Q
circum—
A
around
14
Q
cirrh/o
A
yellow
15
Q
contra—
A
against
16
Q
con—
A
together, with
17
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
18
Q
de—
A
down, from
19
Q
dia—
A
through
20
Q
dis—
A
free of, to undo
21
Q
dys—
A
painful, bad, difficult, disordered
22
Q
ecto—
A
outside
23
Q
endo—
A
within
24
Q
epi—
A
upon, over
25
erosin/o
red
26
eryth/o
red
27
eu—
good, normal
28
ex—
outside, beyond
29
glauc/o
gray, silver
30
hemi—
half
31
homeo—
likeness, same
32
homo—
same
33
hydro—
water
34
hyp, hypo—
under, beneath, below, less than normal
35
hyper—
excessive, more than normal
36
idio—
individual
37
im—
not
38
infra—
beneath, below, under
39
inter—
between
40
intra—
within
41
in—
inside, within, not
42
jaund/o
yellow
43
juxta—
near, beside
44
leuk/o
white, colorless
45
lute/o
yellow
46
melan/o
black
47
meta—
beyond, after
48
milli—
one thousandth
49
mono—
one, single
50
multi—
many
51
neo—
new
52
nulli—
none
53
pan—
all
54
para—
near, beside, beyond, two like parts
55
peri—
around
56
per—
through
57
poli/o
gray, silver
58
poly—
many, much
59
post—
after, behind
60
prefixes express: (6 things)
numbers, measurements, position, direction, negatives, color
61
pre—
before, in front
62
primi—
first
63
pseudo—
false
64
quadri—
four
65
retro—
backwards, behind
66
rube—
red
67
semi—
half
68
sub—
under, below
69
sym—
above, over
70
tachy—
rapid
71
tetra—
four
72
trans—
across, through
73
tri—
three
74
uni—
one
75
xanth/o
yellow
