Prefixes for Medical Terminology Flashcards
1
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A-, An-
A
Absence of
2
Q
Ab-
A
Away, from
3
Q
Ad-
A
Toward
4
Q
Ambi-
A
Both
5
Q
Ante-
A
Before
6
Q
Anti-
A
Against
7
Q
Auto-
A
Self
8
Q
Bi-, Bin-
A
Two
9
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
10
Q
Circum-
A
Around
11
Q
Contra-
A
Against
12
Q
De-
A
Down
13
Q
Di-
A
Two
14
Q
Dys-
A
Painful, abnormal, difficult, bad
15
Q
Endo-
A
Within, inside
16
Q
Epi-
A
Above, on
17
Q
Erythr-
A
Red
18
Q
Eu-
A
Normal, good
19
Q
Ex-, extra-, exo-
A
Outside of
20
Q
Glyc-
A
Sweet
21
Q
Hemi-
A
Half
22
Q
Hyper-
A
Above
23
Q
Hypo-
A
Below
24
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Infra-
A
Beneath
25
Inter-
Between, among
26
Intra-
Within, during
27
Levo-
To the left
28
Macro-
Large
29
Mal-
Bad
30
Mega-
Exceptionally large
31
Meso-
Middle
32
Meta-
Over, beyond
33
Micro-
Small
34
Mono-
One
35
Multi-
Many
36
Neo-
New
37
Nulli-
None
38
Patho-
Disease
39
Peri-
Around
40
Poly
Many
41
Post-
After
42
Pre-, pro-
Before, in front of
43
Presby-
Older age
44
Primi-
First
45
Pseudo-
False, pretend, unreal
46
Quadri-
Four
47
Retro-
Behind, in back of
48
Semi-
Half
49
Sten-
Narrowed
50
Sub-
Under or below
51
Super-, supra-
Over or above
52
Sym-, syn-
Together, with
53
Tachy-
Fast
54
Trans-
Across
55
Tri-
Three
56
Ultra-
Beyond, excess
57
Uni-
One
