BLE 4-2 Common Medical Prefixes

Vocabulary flashcards covering common medical prefixes and their meanings as found in the lecture notes.

a-, an-

without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ambi-

both

ambul-

to walk

ana-

up, upward

aniso-

unequal

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against

auto-

self

bi-

$$2$$

bio-

life

brady-

slow

carp-

wrist

cata-

down

centi-

one-hundredth ($\frac{1}{100}$)

circum-

around

cyan-

blue

deci-

one-tenth ($\frac{1}{10}$)

di-

$2$, twice

dia-

across, through

diplo-

double

dorso-

back

dys-

bad, difficult

ecto-

outer

endo-

within, inner

epi-

on, over, upon

ex-

out, away from

extra-

outside

granul-

granules

hemi-

half

hetero-

different

homo-

same

homeo-

same

hydro-

water

hyper-

excessive, high

hypo-

deficient, low

infra-

below

inter-

between

intra-

within

iso-

equal, same

kilo-

thousand ($1,000$)

later-

side

macro-

large

mal-

bad, poor

medi-

middle

mega-

large

meso-

middle

micro-

small

micro-

one-millionth ($\frac{1}{1,000,000}$)

mid-

middle

milli-

one-thousandth ($\frac{1}{1,000}$)

mono-

$$1$$

multi-

many

nano-

one-billionth ($\frac{1}{1,000,000,000}$)

neo-

new

per-

through

peri-

around

poly-

many, much

post-

after

pre-

before

retro-

backward

semi-

half

sub-

below, under

super-

above, upper

supra-

above

syn-

together

tachy-

rapid, fast

tetra-

$$4$$

trans-

across, through

tri-

$$3$$

uni-

$$1$$

adip

fat

aer

air

angi

vessel

arteri

artery

arthr

joint

ather

fatty plaque

bar

weight

coron

crown, circle

crani

skull

crin

to secrete

cry

cold

cubit

elbow

cutane

skin

cyan

blue

cyst

bladder

cyt, cyte

cell

derm, dermat

skin

electr

electricity

encephal

brain

enter

intestines

erg

work

erythr

red

esophag

esophagus

estr

female

fibrin

fiber

gastr

stomach

gluc, glyc

sugar, glucose

hem, hemat

blood