Medical Prefixes

Vocabulary flashcards covering common medical prefixes and their meanings (Page 1).

a-, an-

without; lacking

ante-

before; forward

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

dia

across; through

dys-

difficult, abnormal; bad; painful

endo-

within; inner

epi-

above; upon; on

erythro-

red

hyper-

above; beyond; excessive

hypo-

under, deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal-

bad; abnormal

melano-

black

neo-

new

oligo-

few; little

pan-

all, entire

peri-

around

trans-

across; through

syn-

together