click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Prefixes
Medical cards
Term | Definition |
---|---|
A- | Without; lack of |
An- | Without; lack of |
Ar- | Without; lack ofan |
Ab- | Away from |
Ad- | To; towards |
Ambi- | Both |
Amphi- | Both sides |
Ana- | Up; apart |
Ante- | Before; in front of; forward |
Anter/o- | In front, before |
Anti- | Against |
Anis/o- | Unequal, dissimilar |
Auto- | Self |
Bi- | Two |
Brady- | Slow |
Cata- | Down |
Circum- | Around |
Co- | Together |
Com- | Together |
Con- | Together |
Contra- | Against, opposite |
de- | Lack of; down; away from |
dextr/o | Right side |
di- | Two |
dia- | Between; through; complete |
dipl- | Double, two- fold |
dipl/o- | Double, two- fold |
dors/o- | Back |
dys- | Painful; difficulty, bad |
ec- | Out, out from |
ex- | Out, out from |
ect/o- | Outside,outward |
exo- | Outside, outward |
Extra- | Outside, outward |
em | In |
en- | In |
endo- | Within |
epi- | Upon; above |
eu- | Good; normal |
extra- | Outside |
hemi- | Half |
heter-o | Different |
hidr/o | Sweat |
homo- | Same |
hydr/o | Water |
hyper- | Above;excessive;beyond |
hypo- | below; deficient; under |
Im- | Not, in |
In- | Not, in |
Infra- | Below; inferior to |
Inter- | Between |
Intra- | Within |
Is/o- | Equal |
later/o- | Side |
macro- | Large; visible to naked eye |
mal- | Bad |
meso- | Middle |
mid- | Middle |
meta | Changed; beyond, after, over |
micro- | Small; not visible to naked eye |
mon/o- | One |
multi- | Many, much |
neo | New |
pachy- | Thick |
pan- | All |
para- | Besides; along side, near |
per- | Through |
peri- | Around; surrounding |
poly- | Many, much |
post- | After; behind |
poster/o- | Posterior, behind, towards the back |
pre- | Before; in front of |
primi- | First |
pro- | Before |
pseud/o- | False |
quad, quadri- | Four |
re- | Back; again |
retro- | behind ; backward |
scler/o | Hard |
semi- | Part of; half |
sinistr/o- | Left side |
sub- | Under; below |
super- | Above; upper, excessive |
supra | Above; upon |
sym- | Together; with, joined |
syn- | Together; with, joined |
tachy- | Fast |
tetra- | For |
trans- | Across ,through |
tri- | Three |
ultra- | Beyond; in excess |
Uni- | One |