Prefixes Flashcards
A-, an
Without, from
Ab
Away, lack of
Ad
To, toward, near
Aden/o
Gland
Ambi
Both
Ante
Before
Anti
Against
Arthr/o
Joint
Bi
Two
Bio
Life
Brady
Slow
Carcin/o
Cancer, cancerous
Cardi/o
Heart
Cephal/o
Head
Chole/o
Bile
Circum
Around
Contra
Against, oppose
Cyst/o
Sac, bladder
Cyt/o
Cell
Derm/o, dermat/o
Skin
Dys
Pain, difficulty
End
Within, in
Enter/o
Intestines
Epi
Above, on
Erythr/o
Red
Ex-, exo
Out
Extra
Outside
Gastr/o
Stomach
Gynec/o
Woman, female
Hemat/o, hem/o
Blood
Hemi
Half
Hepat/o
Liver
Hyper
Excessive, above
Hypo
Deficient, under
Idio
Self, separate
In, im
In, not
Inter
Between
Intra
Within
Leuk/o
White
Macro
Large
Meg/a
Great
Meta
Beyond, over, change
Micro
Small
Necr/o
Dead, corpse
Neo
New
Nephr/o
Kidney
Neur/o
Nerve
Olig/o
Little
Ophthalm/o
Eye
Oste/o
Bone
Para
Irregular, around, wrong
Path/o
Disease
Ped
Child, feet
Per
Through
Peri
Around, immediately around
Phleb/o
Vein
Pneum/o
Lung
Poly
Many
Post
After
Pre/pro
Before
Pseudo
False
Psych/o
Mind
Ren/o
Kidney
Retro
Behind
Rhin/o
Nose
Semi
Half
Somato
Body
Sta
Make stand, stop
Sub
Under
Super
Above
Syn, sym
With, together
Tachy
Fast
Trans
Across, through
Tri
Three
Uni
One
Auto
Self