Medical Terminology - Final Review: Prefixes

a-, an-

no, not, without

aut-

self

dia-

complete, through

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon, on

exo-, ex-, extra-

out, outside

hyper-

excessive, more than normal, too much

hypo-

below, less than normal, under

pan-

all

peri-

surrounding

pro-, pros-

before, forward

re-, retro-

back, behind

sub-

below, under, less than

trans-

across, through

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

con-

with, together

ec-

out, outside

hemi-

half

in-

in, into

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal-

bad

meta-

change, beyond

neo-

new

para-

beside, near, along the side of

post-

after, behind

pre-

before

quadri-

four

syn-

with, together

tachy-

fast

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond

uni-

one