Chapter 2 CMT - Prefixes
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- a-
-
without
not - ab-
-
from,
away from - ad-
-
toward,
increase - alb, albin/o-
- white
- ambi-
-
both,
both sides - an-
-
without,
not - ante-
-
before,
in front - anti-
- against
- auto-
- self
- bi-
-
two,
double - bio-
- life
- brady-
- slow
- chlor/o-
- green
- circum-
- around
- cirrh/o
-
yellow,
tawny - con-
-
together,
with - contra-
- against
- cyan/o
- blue
- de-
-
from,
down - dia-
- through
- dis-
-
free of,
to undo - dys-
-
bad,
difficult,
painful,
disordered - ecto-
- outside
- eosin/o
-
red,
rosy - endo-
-
within,
inner - epi-
-
upon,
over - erythr/o
- red
- eu-
-
well,
easily,
good,
normal - ex-
-
out,
away from,
outside - extra-
-
outside,
beyond - glauc/o
-
gray,
silver - hemi-
- half
- hetero-
- different
- homeo-
-
likeness,
same - homo-
- same
- hydro-
- water
- hyp-
-
under,
below,
beneath,
less than
normal - hyper-
- excessive
- hypo-
-
under,
below,
beneath,
less than
normal - idio-
- individual
- im-
- not
- in-
-
in,
inside,
within,
not - infra-
-
beneath,
below,
under - inter-
- between
- intra-
- within
- jaund/o
- yellow
- juxta-
-
near,
beside - leuk/o
- white
- melan/o
- black
- meso-
- middle
- meta-
-
beyond,
after - milli-
-
one-
thousandth - mono-
- one
- multi-
- many
- non-
- not
- pan-
- all
- para-
-
near,
beside,
beyond,
two like
parts - per-
- through
- peri-
- around
- poli/o
- gray
- poly-
-
many,
much,
excessive - post-
-
after,
behind - pre-
-
before,
in front - primi-
- first
- pseudo-
- false
- purpur/o
- purple
- quadri-
- four
- retro-
-
backward,
behind - rube-
- red
- semi-
- half
- sub-
-
under,
below - supra-
-
above,
over - sym-
-
joined,
together - syn-
-
joined,
together - tachy-
- rapid
- trans-
-
across,
through - tri-
- three
- ultra-
-
beyond,
excess - uni-
- one
- xanth/o
- yellow