Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
A-/an-
A
No, not
2
Q
Ab-
A
Away from
3
Q
Ad-
A
Toward, near
4
Q
Ambi-
A
Both, both sides
5
Q
Ante-
A
Before
6
Q
Anti-
A
Against
7
Q
Auto-
A
Self/own
8
Q
Brachy-
A
Short
9
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
10
Q
Con-
A
With, together
11
Q
Contra-
A
Against or opposite
12
Q
Dys-
A
Abnormal, bad, difficult, pain
13
Q
Ecto-
A
Out, outside
14
Q
En/endo-
A
Within, in, inner
15
Q
Epi-
A
Upon/on/above
16
Q
Exo-
A
Outward, outside
17
Q
Fore-
A
Before, in front of
18
Q
Gero-
A
Old age
19
Q
Glyc-
A
Sugar
20
Q
Hema/hemat-
A
Blood
21
Q
Hetero-
A
Different
22
Q
Homo/homeo
A
Similar
23
Q
Hyper-
A
Above, excessive, too much
24
Q
Hypo-
A
Under, below, beneath, deficient
25
In-
In, into
26
Infra-
Below, under
27
Inter-
Between
28
Intra-
Within
29
Leuk-
White
30
Macro-
Large
31
Mal-
Bad, abnormal
32
Meta-
Beyond, change
33
Micro-
Very small
34
Neo-
New
35
Non-
No/not
36
Pan-
All
37
Para-
Beside, near, alongside of
38
Path/patho-
Disease
39
Pedia-
Child
40
Peri-
Surrounding, around
41
Pre-
Before
42
Pro-
First, in front of, forward
43
Pseudo-
False
44
Retro-
Backwards, back, behind
45
Semi-
Half
46
Sub-
Below
47
Super-
Above, more than normal
48
Supra-
Above/over/ upper
49
Syn-
With, together, union
50
Tachy-
Fast
51
Trans-
Across/ through
