Medical Terminology Prefixes

Front 1

a-

Back 1

without or absence of: (sepsis,-vascular tissue)

Front 2

ab-

Back 2

away from: (abduction, -ductor muscle)

Front 3

an-

Back 3

without: (aerobic respiration)

Front 4

ana-

Back 4

up: (-bolic, -phylaxis)

Front 5

ante-

Back 5

before: (-grade amnesia)

Front 6

anti-

Back 6

against:(-bacterial, -biotic,
-depressant)

Front 7

append-

Back 7

to hang something: (-icular)

Front 8

bi-

Back 8

two: (-cuspid valve, -polar disorder, -sexual)

Front 9

bin-

Back 9

two: (ocular vision)

Front 10

brady-

Back 10

slow:(-bradycardia)

Front 11

contra-

Back 11

against: (-ceptive device, -lateral)

Front 12

di-

Back 12

two: (saccharide)

Front 13

dis-

Back 13

to undo; free from: (-location, -ease, -order)

Front 14

ecto-

Back 14

outside: (-ic pregnancy)

Front 15

endo-

Back 15

within: (plasmic reticulum)

Front 16

epi-

Back 16

upon: (thelial tissue, -cardium, -dermal)

Front 17

erythr-

Back 17

red: (-ocyte)

Front 18

exo-

Back 18

outside: exocrine gland: (-genous; -nucleaes; -skeleton)

Front 19

extra-

Back 19

outside: extracellular: (-cellular; -uterine pregnancy)

Front 20

glyc-

Back 20

sweet: (-ogen)

Front 21

hyper-

Back 21

above: (-tonic)

Front 22

hypo-

Back 22

below: (-tonic)

Front 23

im-

Back 23

not: (-balance)

Front 24

infra-

Back 24

under; below: (-orbital foramen or -spinalus mescles)

Front 25

inter-

Back 25

between: (phase, -costal muscle)

Front 26

intra-

Back 26

inside: (-membranous ossification, -cellular fluid)

Front 27

iso-

Back 27

equal: (-tonic, -metric)

Front 28

macro-

Back 28

large: (-biotic, -cephaly, -phage)

Front 29

mel-

Back 29

bad: (-formation)

Front 30

meso-

Back 30

middle: (-derm)

Front 31

meta-

Back 31

after: (-centric chromosome, -carpels)

Front 32

micro-

Back 32

small: (biology)

Front 33

mono-

Back 33

one: (-saccharide)

Front 34

multi-

Back 34

many: (-factorial)

Front 35

mut-

Back 35

change: (-ation)

Front 36

neo-

Back 36

new: (-natal)

Front 37

para-

Back 37

beside: (-thyroid glands)

Front 38

patho-

Back 38

disease: (-gen, -ology, -physiology)

Front 39

peri-

Back 39

surrounding: (-cardial, -chondrium, -aortic)

Front 40

poly-

Back 40

many: (-unsaturated, -dactyly)

Front 41

post-

Back 41

after: (-traumatic stress, -nasal drip)

Front 42

pre-

Back 42

before: (-mature, -natal, -fixes)

Front 43

pseudo-

Back 43

false: (-stratified epitheliym, -dementia)

Front 44

re-

Back 44

back: (-action, -bound, -combiant)

Front 45

retro-

Back 45

back or behind: (-virus, -sternal)

Front 46

semi-

Back 46

half: (-lunar valves, -circular canal, -membranosus muscle)

Front 47

sub-

Back 47

under or below: (-arachnoid space, -clayian artery)

Front 48

super-

Back 48

over or above: (-ficial anatomy: -vena cava, -ficial)

Front 49

syn-

Back 49

together or joined: (-drome, -chrony)

Front 50

tachy-

Back 50

fast: (-cardia)

Front 51

tetra-

Back 51

through, across, beyound: (-fusion, -mission, -plantation)

Front 52

trans-

Back 52

through, across, beyond: (-fusion, -mission, -plantation)

Front 53

dys-

Back 53

bad, painful; dysuria - painful urination

Front 54

ex-

Back 54

out; away from; exhale - to breathe out

Front 55

hemi

Back 55

half; hemisphere - one of two parts of the brain

Front 56

hyper

Back 56

too much, high; hypertension - high blood pressure

Front 57

leuk

Back 57

white; leukocyte - white blood cell

Front 58

mal

Back 58

bad, illness, disorder; malformed - badly made

Front 59

olig

Back 59

small, scant; oliguria - small amount of urine

Front 60

per

Back 60

by through; perforate - to make a hole through

Front 61

supra

Back 61

above, over; suprapelvic - located above the pelvis