Prefixes Flashcards
Ab-
Away from
A-
No; not; without
Ad-
Toward
An-
No; without
Ante-
Before
Anti-
Against
Bi-
Two
Brady-
Slow
Contra-
Against
De-
Down; from; reversing
Di-
Twice; two
Dia-
Through
Dys-
Bad; difficult
Ecto-
Situated on or outside
En-
Inside
End-
Inside
Endo-
Inside
Epi-
Above; upon
Eu-
Good; normal
Ex-
Out; without; away from
Exo-
Outside; outward
mono-, uni-
One
bi-, di-
Two
tri-
Three
quad-, quadri-, tetra-
Four
centi-
One hundred; One-hundredth
milli-
One-thousandth
diplo-
Double
hemi-, semi-
Half; Partly
hyper-
Excessive; More than normal
hypo-
Under; Less than normal
multi-, poly-
Many
nulli-
None
pan-
All
primi-
First
super-, ultra-
Excessive
ab-
Away from
ad-
Toward
ante-, pre-
Before on time or in place
circum-, peri-
Around
contra-
Against; Opposed
dia-
Through
ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
Out; Without; Away from
en-, end-, endo
Inside
epi-
Above; On
hypo-, infra-, sub-
Beneath; Under
inter-
Between
intra-
Within
ipsi-
Same
meso-, mid-
Middle
para-
Near; Beside; Abnormal
per-
Through; By
post-
After; Behind
retro-
Behind; Backward
super-, supra-
Above; Beyond
sym-, syn-
Joined; Together
trans-
Across
anti-, contra-
Against
brady-
Slow
dys-
Bad; Difficult
eu-
Good; Normal
mal-
Bad
pro-
Favoring; Supporting
tachy-
Fast
ante-, pre-, pro-
Before
post-
After; Behind
macro-, mega-, megalo-
Large; Great
micro-
Small
a-, an-
No; Not; Without
in-
Not; Inside (in)
idio-
individual
meta-
change; next(as in series)
neo-
new
par-
near; beside; abnormal
pes-, pod-
foot
tetra-
four