Prefix Flashcards
(63 cards)
1
Q
Micr/o
A
Small, microscopic
2
Q
Neo
A
New
3
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Oligo
A
Scant, little, or not much
4
Q
Ad
A
Toward
5
Q
Ambi
A
Both
6
Q
An or a
A
Without or no
7
Q
Ante
A
Before, I front of
8
Q
Anti
A
Against
9
Q
Brachy
A
Short
10
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Brady
A
Slow
11
Q
Cata
A
Down, under, against
12
Q
Contra
A
Against, opposed
13
Q
Dia
A
Apart, between, through, across
14
Q
Dis
A
Remove, absence of
15
Q
Meta
A
Beyond
16
Q
Dors
A
Back, posterior
17
Q
Dys
A
Difficult, painful, or bad
18
Q
Ecto
A
Outside, external
19
Q
End/o, ent/o
A
Within, inside, inner
20
Q
Epi
A
Upper, above
21
Q
Eso
A
Inward
22
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Ex/o
A
Out of, away from, exterior
23
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Eu
A
Good, easy, normal
24
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Extra
A
Outside, beyond, more
25
Fore
In front of, before
26
Ultra
Beyond
27
Trans
Across, through
28
Tachy
Fast
29
Sy/m, sy/n, sys
Together
30
Supra
Above, atop, in excess
31
Super
Over, above, in excess
32
Sub
Under, less, lower than
33
Retro
Behind, after
34
Pseudo
False
35
Pre, pr/o
In front of, before, precursor
36
Post
Behind, after
37
Poly
Many or excessive
38
Peri
Around
39
Per
Throughout
40
Para
Beside, near, abnormal
41
Uni
One
42
Bi, duo
Two
43
Tri
Three
44
Quadri, quadro
Four
45
Quintu, quint
Five
46
Ab
Away from
47
Deca, decem
Ten
48
Novem, nonus
Nine
49
Octo
Eight
50
Sept, septi
Seven
51
Sex
Six
52
Hetero
Other, different
53
holo
Entire, whole
54
homeo, homo
Same
55
hyper
Above or increased
56
hypo
Below, under, decreased
57
Infra
Under, below, beneath
58
Inter
Between, amid
59
intr/a, intr/o
Within
60
later/o
Side, to one side
61
Macro
Large
62
med, mes/o, mesi/o
Middle, midline
63
meg/a, megal/o
Grand, large
