prefixes Flashcards
(52 cards)
1
Q
a-,an-
A
no,not,without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
ad-
A
toward
4
Q
ana-
A
up, apart
5
Q
ante-
A
before, forward
6
Q
anti-
A
against
7
Q
auto-
A
self, own
8
Q
bi-
A
two
9
Q
brady-
A
slow
10
Q
cata-
A
down
11
Q
con-
A
with, together
12
Q
contra-
A
against, opposite
13
Q
de-
A
down, lack of
14
Q
dia-
A
through, complete
15
Q
dys-
A
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
16
Q
ec-
A
out, outside
17
Q
endo-
A
in, within
18
Q
epi-
A
upon, on, above
19
Q
eu-
A
good, normal
20
Q
ex-
A
out, outside
21
Q
hemi-
A
half
22
Q
hyper-
A
excessive, above
23
Q
hypo-
A
deficient, under
24
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in-
A
not or into, within
25
infra-
beneath, under
26
inter-
between
27
intra-
in, within, into
28
macro-
large
29
mal-
bad
30
meta-
beyond, change
31
micro-
small
32
neo-
new
33
pan-
all
34
sign (not a prefix)
objective finding perceived by examiner
35
symptom (not a prefix)
a subjective change in condition perceived by a patient
36
para-
abnormal, beside, near
37
per-
through
38
peri-
surrounding
39
poly-
many, much
40
post-
after, behind
41
pre-
before, in front of
42
pro-
before, forward
43
pros-
before, forward
44
re-
back again
45
retro-
behind, backward
46
sub-
under
47
supra-
above, upper
48
syn-, sym-
together, with
49
tachy-
fast
50
trans-
across, through
51
ultra-
beyond, excess
52
uni-
one
