Prefixes Flashcards
A-/ An-
Without, lack of
Ab-
Away from
Ad-
To, towards
Ana-
Up, back, again
Ante-
Before, forward
Anti-
Against, opposed to
Auto-
Self
Bi-
Two
Brady-
Slow
Contra-
Against, opposite
Di-
Twice, double
Dia-
Through, completely
Dys-
Difficult, painful, abnormal
Ect(o)-
Out, outside
End(o)-
Within
Epi-
Upon, above, over
Eu-
Easy, good, normal
Ex(o)-
Outside, away from
Extra-
Outside, in addition
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Over, excessive, high
Hypo-
Under, below normal
In-
In, into, not, without
Infra-
Below, under
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Inside, within
Ipsi-
Same
Iso-
Equal
Macro-
Large
Mal-
Bad or abnormal
Mega-
Large
Meta-
After, change
Micro-
Small
Mono-
One, single
Multi-
Many
Neo-
New
Noct-
Night
Nulli-
None
Olig(o)-
Little, deficient
Ortho-
Straight or normal
Pan-
All, entire
Para-
Near, besides, beyond, apart from
Per-
Through
Peri-
Around
Poly-
Many
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before
Primi-
First
Pro-
Before, in front of
Quadr(i)-
Four
Re-
Back
Retro-
Backward, behind
Semi-
Half, partial
Sub-
Under, below
Supra-
Above, upper
Super-
Above, excessive, or more than normal
Sym-/ Syn-
Together, joined
Tachy-
Fast, rapid
Tetra-
Four
Trans-
Across, through, beyond
Tri-
Three
Uni-
One