Prefixes Flashcards
Micro-
Small
A-
No, not, without, negates the meaning
Ab-
Away from, from
Ad-
Towards, at, increase, on
An-
No, not, without, negates the meaning
Ante-
Before
Anti-
Against, opposing
Bi-
Two, twice, double
Bin-
Two, twice, double
put the Bi in bin
Brady-
Slow
De-
Down, away from, from
get away from De
Dia-
Through, complete
Dys-
Painful, abnormal, difficult, laboured
Endo-
Within, in
Epi-
On, upon, over
Eu-
Normal good
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Above, excessive
Hypo-
Bellow, incomplete, deficient, under
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within, in
Macro-
Large, long
Meta-
After, beyond, change
Micro-
Small
Multi-
Many
Neo-
New
Pachy-
Thick, thickening, thickened
Pan-
All, total
Para-
Beside, beyond, around, abnormal
Per-
Through
Peri-
Surrounding (outer)
Poly-
Many, much
Post-
After
Pre-
Before
Pro-
Before
Sub-
Below, under
Supra-
Above
Sym-
Together, joined
Syn-
Together, joined
Tachy-
Fast, rapid
Trans-
Through, across, beyond
Tri-
Three
Uni-
One
Nulli
None