Prefixs Flashcards
A-, an
Without or not having
aphagia (not eating)
Anti
Against (Antitoxin)
Brachy
Short (brachycephaly (short head)
Brady
Slow (Bradycardia = slowing of heart)
Cata
Down under, lower against (catatomb)
Contra
Against opposed (contraindicated (not indicated).)
Crypt/o
Hidden (cryptorchid- Hidden testes)
De
Remove, take away, loss of (desensitize)
Dis
Apart from, free from (Disinfect- free from infection)
Dolich
Long
e-, ec-,ex-
Out of, from or away from
Dys
Difficult, painful, abnormal
Eu
Normal, good, healthy, true
Glyc/o, gluc/o
Sugar, sweet
Hem/a, hemat/o, hemo
Blood
Hydr/o
Water
Hyper
High, excessive
Hypo
Low, insufficient
Macro
Large
Mal
Bad, poor
Meg/a, megal/o
Oversized, enlarged
Micro
Small
Necr/o
Death
Olig/o
Few, little
Pan
All, entire
Poly
Many, much
Pseudo
False
Py/o
Pus
Tachy
Fast, rapid
Ur
Urine or urea
Peri
All around