All the dang prefixes (Appendix 7) Flashcards
1
Q
a-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
acro-
A
extremity, end
4
Q
ad-
A
toward, near
5
Q
ambly-
A
dim
6
Q
an-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
7
Q
ante-
A
before
8
Q
anti-
A
against
9
Q
atel/o-
A
imcomplete
10
Q
auto-
A
self
11
Q
bi-
A
two, twice
12
Q
brachy-
A
short
13
Q
brady-
A
slow
14
Q
circum-
A
around
15
Q
contra-
A
against, opposite, opposed
16
Q
counter-
A
against, opposite, opposed
17
Q
cyan/o-
A
blue
18
Q
de-
A
down, without, removal, loss
19
Q
dextr/o-
A
right (right side, not “correct”)
20
Q
di-
A
two, twice
21
Q
dia-
A
through
22
Q
dipl/o-
A
double
23
Q
dis-
A
absence, removal, separation
24
Q
dys-
A
abnormal, painful, difficult
25
ec-
out, outside
26
ecto-
out, outside
27
end/o-
in, within
28
epi-
on, over
29
equi-
equal, same
30
erythr/o-
red
31
eu-
true, good, easy, normal
32
ex/o-
away from, outside
33
extra-
outside
34
hemi-
half, one side
35
hetero-
other, different, unequal
36
homo-, homeo-
same, unchanging
37
hyper-
over, excess, increased, abnormally high
38
hypo-
under, below, decreased, abnormally low
39
im-
not
40
in-
not
41
infra-
below
42
inter-
between
43
intra-
in, within
44
iso-
equal, same
45
juxta-
near, beside
46
leuk/o-
white, colorless, white blood cell
47
macro-
large, abnormally large
48
mal-
bad, poor
49
mega-, megal/o-
large, abnormally large
50
melan/o-
black, dark, melanin
51
mes/o-
middle
52
micro-
small, one millionth
53
mon/o-
one
54
multi-
many
55
neo-
new
56
non-
not
57
normo-
normal
58
nulli-
never
59
olig/o-
few, scanty, deficiency of
60
ortho-
straight, correct, upright
61
pachy-
thick
62
pan-
all
63
para-
near, beside, abnormal
64
per-
through
65
peri-
around
66
poikilo-
varied, irregular
67
poly-
many, much
68
post-
after, behind
69
pre-
before, in front of
70
presby-
old
71
prim/i-
first
72
pro-
before, in front of
73
pseudo-
false
74
quadr/i-
four
75
re-
again, back
76
retro-
behind, backward
77
semi-
half, partial
78
sinistr/o-
left (left side)
79
staphyl/o-
grapelike cluster, staphylococcus
80
strept/o-
twisted chain, streptococcus
81
sub-
below, under
82
super-
above, excess
83
supra-
above
84
syn-, sym-
together
85
tachy-
fast
86
tel/e-, tel/o-
end
87
tetra-
four
88
trans-
through
89
tri-
three
90
un-
not
91
uni-
one
92
xanth/o-
yellow
93
xero-
dry
