MULT 1110 Ch 3 - Prefixes

Prefixes

• found at the beginning of terms built from word parts

• modify word roots or suffixes

• associated with more than one medical specialty or body system

Categories of prefixes

1. diseases or abnormal conditions

2. directions or body positions

3. number and quantity measurements

4. time

5. general prefixes

A-

without

An-

without

Anti-

against

Brady-

slow

De-

without

Dys-

painful, difficult, or abnormal

In-

inward, not

Pachy-

thick

Pseudo-

false

Tachy-

fast

Un-

not

Ab-

away from

Ad-

toward

Ante-

in front of

E-

outward

Endo-

inner, within

Epi-

above

Ex-

outward

Extra-

outside of

Hypo-

below, insufficient

Infra-

below

Inter-

between

Intra-

within

Para-

beside; two like parts of a pair

Per-

around

Retro-

backward, behind

Sub-

under

Supra-

above

Trans-

across

Bi-

two

Di-

two

Hemi-

half

Hyper-

excessive

Micro-

small

Mono-

one

Multi-

many

Nulli-

none

Pan-

all

Poly-

many

Primi-

first

Quadri-

four

Tri-

three

Ultra-

beyond

Uni-

one

Neo-

new

Post-

after

Pre-

before

Auto-

self

Contra-

against

Echo-

a repeating sound

Eu-

normal

Hetero-

different

Homo-

same

Per-

through