Prefixes Flashcards
A
Without, not
Ab
From, away from
Ad
Toward, increase
Alb
White
Ambi
Both, both sides
An
Without, not
Ante
Before, in front
Anti
Against
Auto
Self
Bi
Two, double
Bio
Life
Brady
Slow
Centi
One hundredth
Circum
Around
Con
Together
Contra
Against
De
Down, from
Deca
Ten
Deci
One tenth
Dia
Through
Dis
Free of, to undo
Dys
Bad, difficult
Ecto
Outside
Endo
Within, enter
Epi
Upon, over
Eu
Good, normal
Ex
Out, away from
Extra
Outside of, beyond
Hecto
One hundred
Hemi
Half
Homeo
Likeness, same
Homo
Same
Hydro
Water
Hyper
Excessive
Hypo
Less than, under
Idio
Individual
Im
Not
In
In, inside, within, not
Infra
Below, beneath, under
Inter
Between
Intra
Within
Juxta
Near, beside
Kilo
One thousandth
Meso
Middle
Meta
Change, after
Micro
Small, one millionth
Milli
One thousandth
Mono
One, single
Multi
Many
Nano
One trillionth
Non
Not
Pan
All
Para
Near, beside
Penta
Five
Per
Through
Peri
Around
Poly
Many, much
Post
After, behind
Pre
Before, in front
Primi
First
Pseudo
False
Quadra
Four
Retro
Backward, behind
Rube
Red
Semi
Half
Sub
Under, below
Supra
Above, over
Sem
Joined, together
Syn
Joined, together
Tachy
Rapid
Trans
Across, through
Tri
Three
Ultra
Beyond, excess
Uni
One
Xero
Dry