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Ch7 Common Prefix
HCP101 Medical Assisting Book Table 7-1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | Without |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | Before |
| anti-, contra- | Against |
| bi-, diplo- | Two |
| brady- | Slow |
| circum- | Around |
| de- | Away from |
| dia-, trans- | Through |
| dys- | Abnormal, painful, difficult |
| ecto- | Outside |
| endo- | Within |
| epi- | Upon, over |
| eu- | Normal, good |
| ex-, exo-, extra- | Out of, away from, outside |
| hemi-, semi- | Half |
| hyper-, poly- | Above normal, excessive |
| hypo-, sub- | Below normal, below, underneath, inferior |
| inter- | Between |
| intra- | Within |
| iso- | Same |
| mal- | Bad, not adequate |
| megalo-, mega-, macro- | Large, big |
| micro- | Small, tiny |
| mono- | One |
| multi-, pluri- | Many |
| oligo- | Few, scanty, sparse |
| pan- | All |
| peri- | Around |
| post- | After, following |
| quadra-, quadri- | Four |
| re- | Again, backward |
| super-, supra- | Above, superior, more |
| tachy- | Fast, abnormally fast |
| ultra- | Beyond |
| uni- | One, single |