Common Prefixes 😷beggining

A-, An-

Without; Lacking

ex: Anemia

Andro/o-

Male

Ex:Androgen

Anti-

Against

Ex:Anticholinergic drugs

Auto-

Self

Autocrine

Bio-

Life

Biology

Chem/o

Chemistry or chemical

Chemotherapy

Contra-

Against

Ex: contraception

Cyt/o-

Cell

Cytokine

Dis-

Separation ; taking apart

Dissection

Dys-

Difficult; abnormal

Dyspnea

Eu-

Good;well

Eupnea

Fibr/o

Fiber

Fibrosis

Gluco-,Glyco-

Glucose; sugar

Glycogen

Gyn/o-, Gynec-

Female

Gynecology

Hydr/o

Water

Hydrocephalus

Idio-

Self; one’s own

Idiopathic

Lyso-, lys-

Break down ; Destruction; dissolving

Lysosome

Mal-

Bad; abnormal

Malignant

Myc/o-

Fungus

Mycetoma

Necr/o-

Death

Necrosis

Neo-

New

Neonate

Oxy-

Sharp; Acute; oxygen

Oxytocin

Pan-, Pant/o

All or everywhere

Pancytopenia

Pharmaco

Drug; medicine

Pharmacist

Re-

Again; backward

Rejuvenation

Somat/o- , somatico-

body;bodily

Somatic cell