Prefixes Flashcards
A-/an-
Without, not, lack of
Ab-
Away from
Ad-
To, towards, near
Ante-
Before, forward, in front of
Anti-
Against
Auto-
Self
Bi-
Double, two, twice
Brady-
Slow
Circum-
Around
Contra-
Against, opposite
De-
Down, from
Dia-
Across, apart, through
Dis-
Apart, free from
Dys-
Difficult, abnormal
Ecto-
Outer, outside
En-
In,into, within
Endo-
Inner, inside
EPI-
Over, on, upon
Eryth-
Red
Eu-
Normal, good, well, healthy
Ex-
Out, out of, from, away from
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Excessive, too much, high
Hypo-
Under, decreased, less than normal
In-
Into, within
Infra-
Within
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Into, within
Leuk-
White
Macro-
Large
Mal-
Illness, disease
Meg-
Large
Micro-
Small
Mono-
One, single
Muco-
Mucous
Neo-
New
Non-
Not
Olig-
Small, scant
Para-
Beside, beyond, after
Per-
By, through
Peri-
Around
Poly-
Many, much
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before, prior to, in front of
Pro-
Before, in front of
Re-
Again, backward
Retro-
Backwards, behind
Sang-
Blood
Semi-
Half
Sero-
Thin, watery fluid
Sub-
Under, beneath
Super-
Above, over, excess
Supra-
Above, over
Tachy-
Fast, rapid
Trans-
Across, over
Uni-
One