Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
a- or an-
A
without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
ad-
A
to, toward
4
Q
ante-
A
before (in front of)
5
Q
anti-
A
against
6
Q
auto-
A
self
7
Q
bi-
A
twice, double
8
Q
brady-
A
slow
9
Q
circum-
A
around
10
Q
contra-
A
opposed, against
11
Q
co-
A
with
12
Q
cyan-
A
blue
13
Q
cyst-
A
bag, bladder, sac
14
Q
dys-
A
difficult, painful
15
Q
ex-
A
without, away from
16
Q
extra-
A
outside of
17
Q
hemato-
A
blood
18
Q
hemi-
A
half
19
Q
hydro-
A
water
20
Q
hyper-
A
higher, more
21
Q
hypo-
A
lower, less
22
Q
intra-
A
within
23
Q
inter-
A
between
24
Q
leuko-
A
white
25
micro-
small
26
mega- or megal-
large, great
27
multi-
many
28
myo-
muscle
29
neo-
new
30
nephro-
kidney
31
para-
beside
32
peri-
around
33
pneumo-
air, lung, gas
34
poly-
much, many
35
post-
after
36
pre-
before
37
pseudo-
false
38
pyo-
pus
39
pyro-
fever
40
quadra-
four
41
retro-
behind
42
semi-
half
43
sub-
under
44
super-
above, excess
45
supra-
above
46
tachy-
fast
47
trans-
across, through
48
un-
against
49
uni-
one
50
ultra-
excess
51
vaso-
vessel
