Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
A-/an-
A
Without, not, lack of
2
Q
Ab-
A
Away from
3
Q
Ad-
A
To, towards, near
4
Q
Ante-
A
Before, forward, in front of
5
Q
Anti-
A
Against
6
Q
Auto-
A
Self
7
Q
Bi-
A
Double, two, twice
8
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
9
Q
Circum-
A
Around
10
Q
Contra-
A
Against, opposite
11
Q
De-
A
Down, from
12
Q
Dia-
A
Across, apart, through
13
Q
Dis-
A
Apart, free from
14
Q
Dys-
A
Difficult, abnormal
15
Q
Ecto-
A
Outer, outside
16
Q
En-
A
In,into, within
17
Q
Endo-
A
Inner, inside
18
Q
EPI-
A
Over, on, upon
19
Q
Eryth-
A
Red
20
Q
Eu-
A
Normal, good, well, healthy
21
Q
Ex-
A
Out, out of, from, away from
22
Q
Hemi-
A
Half
23
Q
Hyper-
A
Excessive, too much, high
24
Q
Hypo-
A
Under, decreased, less than normal
25
In-
Into, within
26
Infra-
Within
27
Inter-
Between
28
Intra-
Into, within
29
Leuk-
White
30
Macro-
Large
31
Mal-
Illness, disease
32
Meg-
Large
33
Micro-
Small
34
Mono-
One, single
35
Muco-
Mucous
36
Neo-
New
37
Non-
Not
38
Olig-
Small, scant
39
Para-
Beside, beyond, after
40
Per-
By, through
41
Peri-
Around
42
Poly-
Many, much
43
Post-
After, behind
44
Pre-
Before, prior to, in front of
45
Pro-
Before, in front of
46
Re-
Again, backward
47
Retro-
Backwards, behind
48
Sang-
Blood
49
Semi-
Half
50
Sero-
Thin, watery fluid
51
Sub-
Under, beneath
52
Super-
Above, over, excess
53
Supra-
Above, over
54
Tachy-
Fast, rapid
55
Trans-
Across, over
56
Uni-
One
