prefixes Flashcards
Ab-
away from
ad-
towards
dys-
difficult, painnfull
eu-
good and easy
endo-
within, inside
ex- or exo-
without, out of, outside, away from
ecto-
outside
hyper-
increased, more than normal
hypo-
decreased, less than
inter-
between
intra-
within
poly-
many
oligo-
scant or little
pre-
before
post-
after
sub-
below
super- or supra-
above, beyond, excessive
A- or An-
without or no
anti-
against
brady-
abnormally slow
de-
remove, take away, loss of
contra-
against, opposed
dia-
through, apart, across, between
dis-
reversal, separation
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
epi-
above
mal-
bad, poor
path/o-
disease
py/o-
pus
tachy-
abnormally rapid
ankyl/o-
bent, looped, fused
auto-
self
bi-
two, double, twice
crypt/o-
hidden, concealed, depression on a surface
infra-
below, beneath
lith/o-
stone, calus
megal/o or mega-
abnormally large
necr/o-
dead or dying
neo/o-
new, recent
phag/o-
eating, swallowing
pseud/o-
false
scler/o-
hardening
1 in latin
uni-
2 in latin
duo-
3 in latin
tri-
4 in latin
quardrio-
quadro-
5 in latin
quintu-
6 in latin
sex-
7 in latin
sept-
septi-
8 in latin
octo-
9 in latin
novem-
nonus-
10 in latin
deca-
decem-
1 in greek
mono-
2 in greek
di-
3 in greek
tri-
4 in greek
(2)
tetr-
tetra-
5 in greek
pent-
penta-
6 in greek
hex-
hexa-
7 in greek
hept-
hepta-
8 in greek
(3)
oct-
octa-
octo-
9 in greek
ennea-
10 in greek
(2)
dek-
Deka-
yellow
chirrh/o
gall bladder
(Pertaining to)
cholecyste/o
bladder or sac
cyst/o