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A & P Prefix Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Without; lack of | a, an-, ar- |
| Away from | ab- |
| To; toward | ad- |
| Both | ambi- |
| Both sides | amphi- |
| up; apart | ana- |
| before; in front of; forward | ante- |
| in front, before | anter/o |
| against | anti |
| unequal, dissimilar | anis/o |
| self | auto |
| two | bi- |
| slow | brady- |
| down | cata- |
| around | circum- |
| together | co, com, con- |
| against; opposite | contra- |
| lack of; down; away from | de- |
| right side | dextr/o |
| two | di- |
| between; through; complete | dia |
| double, two-fold | dipl-,dipl/o |
| back | dors/o |
| painful; difficult, bad | dys- |
| out, out from | ec-, ex- |
| outside, outward | ect/o-, exo-, extra- |
| in | em, en- |
| within | endo |
| upon; above | epi- |
| good; normal | eu- |
| outside | extra- |
| half | hemi- |
| different | heter/o |
| sweat | hidr/o |
| same | homo- |
| water | hydr/o |
| above; excessive; beyond | hyper |
| below; deficient; under | hypo- |
| not, in | im, in- |
| below; inferior to | infra- |
| between | inter- |
| within | intra- |
| equal | is/o |
| side | later/o |
| large; visible to the naked eye | macro- |
| bad | mal- |
| middle | meso-, mid-, medi- |
| change; beyond, after, over | meta |
| small; not visible to the naked eye | micro- |
| one | mon/o |
| many, much | multi |
| new | neo- |
| thick | pachy- |
| all | pan- |
| beside; along side, near | para- |
| through | per- |
| around; surrounding | peri- |
| many, much | poly- |
| after; behind | post- |
| posterior, behind, toward the back | poster/o |
| before; in front of | pre- |
| first | primi- |
| before | pro- |
| false | pseud/o- |
| four | quad, quadri |
| back; again | re- |
| behind; backward | retro |
| hard | scler/o- |
| part of; half | semi- |
| left side | sinistr/o |
| under; below | sub- |
| above; upper, excessive | super- |
| above; upon | supra- |
| together; with, joined | sym, syn- |
| fast | tachy- |
| four | tetra- |
| accross, through | trans- |
| three | tri- |
| beyond; in excess | ultra- |
| one | uni- |