Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
A-, an
A
Without, no, not
2
Q
Ab-
A
Away from
3
Q
Ad-
A
Near, toward
4
Q
Af-
A
Toward
5
Q
Ana-
A
Up, apart
6
Q
Ante-
( direction)
A
Before, forward, in front of
7
Q
Anti-
A
Against
8
Q
Bi-
A
Two, both
9
Q
Brady-
( bradycardia)
A
Slow
10
Q
Con-
A
Together, with
11
Q
Contra-
A
Opposite
12
Q
Dia-
A
Complete, through
13
Q
Dys-
(Dyspnea)
A
Difficult, painful, abnormal, bad
14
Q
Ec-
A
Outside, out
15
Q
Echo-
A
Using ultrasonic waves
16
Q
Ef-
A
Away from
17
Q
Electro-
A
Using electricity
18
Q
End-, endo-
A
In, inner, within
19
Q
Epi-
(Epicenter)
A
Above, upon
20
Q
Ex-
(Exit)
A
Out
21
Q
Extra-
A
Outside of
22
Q
Hemi-
(Hemisphere)
A
Half
23
Q
Hyper-
( hypertension)
A
Excessive, too much above
24
Q
Hypo-
( hypotension)
A
Deficit, too little, below
25
In-
Into, in
26
Inter-
Between
27
Intra-
Within
28
Ipsi-
Same
29
Macro-
( macroorganism)
Very large
30
Mal-
Bad
31
Megalo-
Large
32
Meta-
Change, beyond
33
Micro-
( microorganism)
Small
34
Neo-
New
35
Par-
Near, beside
36
Para-
(Paranormal)
Near, abnormal, beside
37
Per-
Through
38
Peri-
Surrounding, around
39
Poly-
( polygon)
Many, much, excessive, frequent
40
Post-
( post test / posterior)
After, behind
41
Pre-
(Pre test)
Before, in front of
42
Pro-, pros-
Forward, before
43
Quadri-
Four
44
Re-, retro
(Re- rectal)
Behind, back
45
Sub-
(Submarine)
Under, less than
46
Supra-
Upward, above
47
Syn-
Together, with
48
Tachy-
(Tachycardia)
Fast
49
Trans-
(Transfer)
Through, across
50
Tri-
Three
51
Ultra-
Beyond
52
Uni
One
