IPP 607 - Prefixes & Root Words

ambulo-

walk about

ante-

fore-

pre-

pro-

before, forward

anti-

contra-

counter-

against, opposite

auto-

self

bio-

life

brady-

slow

bucc-

cheek

cardio-

heart

chron-

time

circum-

peri-

around

cryo-

cold

cyano-

blue

dextro-

to the right

dorsi-

dorso-

back

glyco-

sweet, sugar

histo-

tissue

hydro-

water

hyper-

above, over

hypo-

below, beneath, under

inter-

between

intra-

within

ipsi-

iso-

equal, same

juxta-

near

macro-

large, long

mal-

bad, ill, poor

megalo-

large

mono-

uni-

one

multi-

poly-

many

noct-

night

oligo-

few

patho-

disease

phago-

devour, eat

photo-

light

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pseudo-

false

pyro-

fever, heat

quad-

tetra-

four

sclero-

hard

scoli-

crooked, curved

sphygmo-

pulse

staphylo-

grape-like structure

strepto-

curved, twisted

super-

supra-

ultra-

above, excessive

tachy-

fast

thermo-

heat

thrombo-

clot

trans-

across, through

ventro-

anterior

xero-

dry