Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
ante-
A
before, forward
2
Q
anti-
A
against
3
Q
ecto-
A
out, outside, outer
4
Q
endo-
A
within, inner
5
Q
hyper
A
above, beyond, excessive
6
Q
hypo
A
below, under, deficient
7
Q
inter
A
between
8
Q
intra
A
within
9
Q
para
A
beside, alongside, abnormal
10
Q
peri
A
around
11
Q
per
A
through
12
Q
pre
A
before, in front of
13
Q
pro
A
before
14
Q
super
A
above, beyond
15
Q
supra
A
above, beyond
16
Q
ab
A
away from
17
Q
adhes
A
stuck to
18
Q
auto
A
self
19
Q
tuss
A
cough
20
Q
pyret
A
fever
21
Q
sept
A
putrefaction (works against sepsis)
22
Q
nom
A
law
23
Q
axill
A
armpit
24
Q
bi(o)
A
life
25
cac
bad
26
centi
one hundred
27
chem
chemical
28
dia
through
29
dis
apart
30
eti
cause
31
ex
out
32
cis
to cut
33
hetero
different
34
gene
formation
35
kilo
a thousand
36
macro
large
37
mal
bad
38
malign
bad kind
39
maxim
greatest
40
micro
small
41
milli
one thousandth
42
necr
death
43
neo
new
44
onco
tumor
45
para
beside
46
phrophylact
guarding
47
pyro
heat fire
48
syn
together with
49
therm
heat
50
top/o
place
51
cardio
heart
52
dermato
skin
53
crin
to secrete
54
gastro
stomach
55
entero
intestine
56
geron
old age
57
gynec/o
female
58
hemat/o
blood
59
intern
within
60
nephr/o
kidney
61
neur/o
nerve
62
ophthalm/o
eye
63
orth/o
straight
64
ped
child
65
ot/o
ear
66
rhin/o
nose
67
laryng/o
larynx
68
path/o
disease
69
phys
nature
70
proct/o
anus, rectum
71
psych/o
mind
72
pulmon/o
lung
73
radi/o
x-ray
74
rheumat/o
rheumatism
75
ur/o
urination
76
a
lack of
77
brady
slow
78
dys
difficult
79
eu
good normal
80
hyper
excessive
81
hypo
deficient
82
tachy
rapid
83
contra
against
84
brachy
short
85
ex/exo
out, away from
86
homeo
similar, same, likeness, constant
87
hydro
water
88
oligo
scanty, little
89
pan
all
90
pseudo
false
91
sym/syn
together, with
92
ec/ecto
out, outside
93
endo
within
94
poly
many
95
meta
beyond, over, between
96
ad
toward, near, to
97
ana
up apart backward
98
cata
down
99
circum
around
100
meso
middle
101
retro
backward
102
ambi
both
103
bi
two, double
104
bin
twice, two
105
dec
ten
106
di
two, apart
107
mono
one
108
nulli
none
109
primi
first
110
quadri
four
111
semi, hemi
half
112
uni
one
113
icter
jaundice
114
furc
fork
115
centrat
centers
116
somn
sleep
117
medi
toward the middle
118
foc
focus
119
stern
sternum
120
cardi
heart
121
dactyl
finger or toe
122
gurgitat
to flood
123
acute
sharp
124
adip
fat
125
andr/o
man
126
antero/o
toward the front
127
caud/o
tail
128
cran/i
cranium
129
cyto/o
cell
130
dist/o
away from the point of origin
131
dors/o
backward
132
hist/o
tissue
133
infer/o
below
134
inguin/o
groin
135
kary/o
cell's nucleus
136
later/o
side
137
medi/o
toward the middle
138
path/o
disease
139
phen/o
to show
140
physi/o
nature
141
poster/o
behind, toward the back
142
proxim/o
near the point of origiin
143
somat/o
body
144
ventro/o
near or on the belly side
145
viscer/o
body organs
