common prefixes- medical terminology Save Groups

Meta-

Change, beyond, over, between

A, A-, An-

No, not, without, lack of, apart

Ab-

Away from

Micro-

Small

Ad-

Towards, near

Mono-

One

Anti-

Opposing, against

Multi-

Many

Auto-

Self

Neo-

New

Bi-

Double

Odyno-

Painful

Brady-

Slow

Oligo-

Scanty, little

Brachy-

Short

Pan-

All

Circum-

Around

Para-

Beside, alongside, abnormal

Con-

Together, with

Contra-

Against

Peri-

Around

Poly-

Many, much, excessive

Di-

Twice, two

Dia-

Through, between, complete

Post-

After, behind

Dis-

Apart

Pre-

Before, in front of

Dys-

Bad, abnormal, painful, difficult

Presby-

Old age

Ec-, Exo-, Ecto-

Out, outside, outer, away from

Pro-

Before, forward

Endo-

Within, inner

Pseudo-

False

Epi-

Above, over, upon

Quadri-

Four

Extra-

Beyond, outside

Re-

Back, backward, again

Hemi-

Half

Retro-

Backward, behind

Hyper-

Above, beyond, excessive

Hypo-

Below, under, deficient

Sub-

Under, beneath

Supra-

Above, beyond, superior

Infer-

Beneath

Inter-

Between

Tachy-

Rapid, fast

Intra-

Within

Trans-

Across, Through

Tri-

Three

Macro-

Large

Mal-

Bad

Uni-

One

Meso-

Middle