Prefixes Flashcards
A-/an-
No, not
Ab-
Away from
Ad-
Toward, near
Ambi-
Both, both sides
Ante-
Before
Anti-
Against
Auto-
Self/own
Brachy-
Short
Brady-
Slow
Con-
With, together
Contra-
Against or opposite
Dys-
Abnormal, bad, difficult, pain
Ecto-
Out, outside
En/endo-
Within, in, inner
Epi-
Upon/on/above
Exo-
Outward, outside
Fore-
Before, in front of
Gero-
Old age
Glyc-
Sugar
Hema/hemat-
Blood
Hetero-
Different
Homo/homeo
Similar
Hyper-
Above, excessive, too much
Hypo-
Under, below, beneath, deficient
In-
In, into
Infra-
Below, under
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within
Leuk-
White
Macro-
Large
Mal-
Bad, abnormal
Meta-
Beyond, change
Micro-
Very small
Neo-
New
Non-
No/not
Pan-
All
Para-
Beside, near, alongside of
Path/patho-
Disease
Pedia-
Child
Peri-
Surrounding, around
Pre-
Before
Pro-
First, in front of, forward
Pseudo-
False
Retro-
Backwards, back, behind
Semi-
Half
Sub-
Below
Super-
Above, more than normal
Supra-
Above/over/ upper
Syn-
With, together, union
Tachy-
Fast
Trans-
Across/ through