Med Term WORD COMPONENTS - Prefixes & Suffixes lists

Medical Terminology Flashcards for Prefixes and Suffixes

a-

Absence of, without, not

an-

Absence of, without, not

ab-

Away from, take away

ad-

Towards, to, near

adi-

Fat

af-

Towards, to, near

ambi-

Both

ambo-

Both

amphi-

Double, both sides

ana-

Up, apart; not

ante-

Before, in front of, forward

anti-

Opposing, against

ap-

Separated, derived from

apo-

Separated, derived from

aut-

Self, by yourself

auto-

Self, by yourself

bi-

Double, two, twice, both

brachy-

Short

brady-

Slow

cat-

Lower, down, against

cata-

Lower, down, against

cent-

Hundred

circ-

Around

circum-

Around

co-

Together, with

com-

Together, with

con-

Together, with

contra-

Against, opposed to

de-

Down, from; not

di-

Twice, two

dia-

Through, apart, across, between

diplo-

Two

dis-

Apart from, free from

dys-

Bad, painful, difficult

e-

From, away from, out of

ec-

From, away

ect-

Outside, outer, on

ecto-

Outside, outer, on

ef-

Away from, take away

em-

In

en-

In

end-

Within, inner

endo-

Within, inner

ent-

Within, inner

ento-

Within, inner

ep-

Upon, over, on

epi-

Upon, over, on

eu-

Normal

ex-

From, away

exo-

Outside, outer, on

extra-

Beyond, outside of, outward

extro-

Beyond, outside of, outward

hemi-

Half, half of

hyper-

Above, excessive, beyond

hyp-

Below, beneath, deficient

hypo-

Below, beneath, deficient

im-

Intro, in, within

in-

Intro, in, within

infra-

Below, beneath

inter-

Between

intra-

Within, inside

intro-

Into, within

iso-

Same, equal

macro-

Large

mal-

Bad

mes-, meso-

Middle

meta-

Beyond, changing

micr-

Tiny, small

micro-

Tiny, small

mono-, uni-

One

mult--

Many, multiple

multi-

Many, multiple

neo-

New, recent

nulli-

None

oligo-

Small amount

ortho-

Straight, normal

pan-

All

para-

Beyond, beside, after

per-

Through

peri-

Around

poly-

Many, excessive

post-

After, following, behind

pre-

In front of, before, preceding

presby-

Old age

pro-

In front of, before, preceding

pseudo-

False

quadri-

Four

re-

Backward, again

retro-

Behind, backward

semi-

Half, partial

sub-

Under, beneath

super-

Above, excessive, superior

supra-

Above, excessive, superior

sym-

With, together

syn-

With, together

sys-

With, together

tachy-

Rapid, fast

trans-

Through, across

tri-

Three

ultra-

Excessive, beyond