1. Home
  2. Flashcards
  3. Preview

Prefixes

  1. a
    no; not; without
  2. ab
    away from
  3. ad
    toward
  4. amphi
    on both sides
  5. an
    no; not; without
  6. ana
    up; again; backward
  7. ante
    before; forward
  8. anti
    against
  9. apo
    upon
  10. auto
    self
  11. bi
    two
  12. brady
    slow
  13. cata
    down
  14. con
    together; with
  15. contra
    against; opposite
  16. de
    lack of
  17. di
    complete, through
  18. dia
    complete; through
  19. dys
    bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
  20. ec
    out; outside
  21. ecto
    out; outside
  22. em
    in
  23. en
    in; within
  24. endo
    within
  25. epi
    above; upon
  26. eso
    inward
  27. eu
    good
  28. ex
    out; outside
  29. exo/extra
    outside
  30. hemi
    half
  31. hyper
    above; excessive
  32. hypo
    deficient; below
  33. in
    not; into; inward
  34. infra
    below; inferior
  35. inter
    between
  36. intra
    within
  37. macro
    large
  38. mal
    bad
  39. meso
    middle
  40. meta
    beyond; change; near
  41. micro
    small
  42. multi
    many
  43. neo
    new
  44. nulli
    none
  45. pan
    all
  46. para
    near; beside; abnormal
  47. per
    through
  48. peri
    surrounding
  49. polio
    gray matter of brain and spinal cord
  50. poly
    many
  51. post
    after; behind
  52. pre
    before; in front of
  53. primi
    first
  54. pro
    before
  55. quadri
    four
  56. re
    back
  57. retro
    behind
  58. semi
    half
  59. sub
    under; below
  60. supra
    above
  61. sym, syn
    together; with
  62. tachy
    fast
  63. tetra
    four
  64. trans
    across
  65. tri
    three
  66. ultra
    beyond; excess
  67. uni
    one
Author
BirminghamE
ID
27244
Card Set
Prefixes
Description
beginning
Updated

  1. Home
  2. Flashcards
  3. Preview