Prefixes Flashcards
a-
without
an-
without
anti-
against
auto-
self
brady-
slow
de-
without
dys-
painful; difficult; abnormal
endo-
within; inner
epi-
above
eu-
normal
ex-
outward
extra-
outside of
hetero-
different
homo-
same
hyper-
excessive
hypo-
below; insufficient
in-
not; inward
inter-
between
intra-
within
macro-
large
micro-
small
neo-
new
para-
beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair
per-
through
peri-
around
post-
after
pre-
before
pro-
before
pseudo-
false
re-
again
retro-
backward; behind
sub-
under
tachy-
fast
ultra-
beyond
un-
not
bi-
two
hemi-
half
mono-
one
multi-
many
nulli-
none
pan-
all
poly-
many
quadri-
four
semi-
partial
tetra-
four
tri-
three
-algia
pain
-cele
protrusion
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectasis
dilation
-gen
that which produces
-genic
producing
-ia
state, condition
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ism
state of
-itis
inflammation
-logist
one who studies
-logy
study of
-lytic
destruction
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlarged
-oma
tumor, mass
-opsy
view of
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-plasm
formation
-plegia
paralysis
-ptosis
drooping
-rrhage
abnormal flow
-rrhagia
abnormal flow condition
-rrhea
discharge
-rrhexis
rupture