Prefixes Flashcards
A-
(No/not/without) - Ataxia
What
AN-
(No/Not/Without) - ANalgesic
What
ANA-
(Up/Apart) - ANAbasis
What
ANTI-
(Against) - ANTIbody
What
AUTO-
(Self) - AUTOimune
What
BRADY-
(Deficient/under) BRADYcardia
What
CHLORO-
(Green) - CHLOROma
What
BI
(Two) - BIlateral
What
CHROMO-
(Color) - CHROM(o)hidrosis
What
CO-
(Within/together) - COmorbity
What
COM-
(With/together) - COMmunicability
What
CON-
(With/together) - CONtagious
What
CYANO-
(Blue) - CYANOsis
What
DE-
(Lack of/down) - DEhydration
What
DECI-
(One-tenth) - DECIliter
What
DI-
(Two) - DIataxia
What
DIA-
(Through/between/apart/across/completely) - DIArrhea
What
DYS-
(Bad/painful) - DYSphagia
What
ERYHTRO-
(Red) - ERYHTROlyte
What
HEMI-
(Halph) - HEMIparesis
What
HEXA-
(Six) - HEXAvitamin
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HYPER-
(Excessive/above) - HYPERtension
What
HYPO-
(Below/deficient) - HYPOglycemia
What
LEUKO-
(White) - LEUKOencephalitis
What
MACRO-
(Large) - MACROglossia
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MAL-
(Bad) - MALignant
What
MELANO-
(Black) - MELANOtrichia
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META-
(Change/beyond) - METAmorphosis
What
MICRO-
(Small) - MICROmastia
What
MULTI-
(Many) - MULTIarticular
What
NEO-
(New) - NEOnate
What
PAN-
(All) - PANdemic
What
PENT-
(Five) - PENTdactyl
What
POLY-
(Many/much) - POLYchromatic
What
PSEUDO-
(False) - PSEUDOpregnancy
What
QUADR-
(Four) - QUADRilocular
What
SUB-
(Less than/beneath) - SUBmandibular
What
SYM-, SYN-
(With/together) - SYMbiosis
What
TACHY-
(Fast) - TACHYcardia
What
TRI-
(Three) - TRIbrachius
What
ULTRA-
(Beyond) - ULTRAsonic
What
XANTH-
(Yellow) - XANTHemia
AB-
(Away from) - ABduct
Where
AD-
(Toward/near) - ADduct
Where
ANTE-
(Before; forward) - ANTEmortem
Where
DIA-
(Through) - DIArrhea
Where
DIS-
(Apart/away/from) - DISsect
Where
EC-, ECTO-
(Outside) - ECTOpic
Where
ENDO-
(Within/in/inner) - ENDOcrine
Where
EPI-
(Above/upon) - EPIdermis
Where
EX-
(Out) - EXcision
Where
EXTRA-
(Outside of) - EXTRApulmonary
Where
IN-
(In/into) - INcisions
Where
INFRA-
(Bellow/beneath) - INFRAclavicular
Where
INTER-
(Between) - INTERcostal
Where
INTRA-
(Within) - INTRAvenous
Where
META-
(Beyond, change) - METAcarpal
Where
PARA-
(Near/Alongside) - PARAmetrial
Where
PERI-
(Surrounding) - PERIlaryngitis
Where
POST-
(After/behind) - POSTpartum
Where
PRE-
(Before) - PREnatal
PRO-, PROS-
(Before, forward) - PROgnosis
Where
RE-
(Banck again) - RElapse
Where
RETRO-
(Behind/Backward) - RETROmandibular
Where
SUB-
(Beneath/less than) - SUBcutaneous
SUPRA-
(Above/upper) - SUPRApelvic
TRANS-
(Across/through) - TRANSverse
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