Medical Vocab Exam 1

Front 1

a-

Back 1

not, without, lacking, deficient

Front 2

anti- (ant- often before a vowel or h; hyphenated before i)

Back 2

against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

Front 3

di- (rarely dis-)

Back 3

two, twice, double

Front 4

dys-

Back 4

difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

Front 5

ec- (ex- before a vowel)

Back 5

out of, away from

Front 6

ecto- (ect- before a vowel)

Back 6

outside of

Front 7

en- (em- before b, m, and p)

Back 7

in, into, within

Front 8

endo-, ento-, (end-, ent- before a vowel)

Back 8

within

Front 9

epi-(ep before a vowel or h)

Back 9

upon, over, above

Front 10

exo-

Back 10

outside, from outside, toward the outside

Front 11

hemi-

Back 11

half, partial; (often) one side of the body

Front 12

hyper-

Back 12

over, above, excessive, beyond normal

Front 13

hypo- (hyp- before a vowel or h)

Back 13

under, deficient, below, normal

Front 14

mono- (mon- before a vowel or h)

Back 14

one, single

Front 15

peri-

Back 15

around, surrounding

Front 16

syn- (sym- before b, p, m; n dropped before s)

Back 16

together, with, joined

Front 17

amphi-, ampho-

Back 17

on both sides, around, both

Front 18

ana-

Back 18

up, back, against

Front 19

apo-

Back 19

away from

Front 20

cata- (cat- before a vowel or h)

Back 20

downward, disordered

Front 21

dia- (di- before a vowel)

Back 21

through, across, apart

Front 22

eso-

Back 22

within, inner, inward

Front 23

eu-

Back 23

good, normal, healthy

Front 24

heter-, hetero-

Back 24

different, other, relationship to another

Front 25

homo-, homeo-

Back 25

same, likeness

Front 26

meta- (met- before a vowel or h)

Back 26

change, transformation, after, behind

Front 27

para- (often par- before a vowel)

Back 27

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

Front 28

pro-

Back 28

before

Front 29

pros-, prosth-

Back 29

in place of

Front 30

ab- (a- rarely before certain consonants; abs- before c and t)

Back 30

away from

Front 31

ad- (ac- before c; af- before f; ag- before g; al- before l; an- before n; ap- before p; as- before s; a- before sp; at- before t)

Back 31

to, toward

Front 32

ambi-

Back 32

both

Front 33

ante-

Back 33

before, forward

Front 34

bi- (bin-, bis-)

Back 34

two, twice, double, both

Front 35

circum,

Back 35

around

Front 36

con- (co before h; col- before l; com- before e, m, and p; cor- before r)

Back 36

together, with; thoroughly, very

Front 37

contra-

Back 37

against, opposite

Front 38

de-

Back 38

down, away from, absent

Front 39

dis- (di- before g, v, and usually before l; dif- before f)

Back 39

apart, away

Front 40

ex- (e- before certain consonants; ef- before f

Back 40

out of, away from

Front 41

extra- (rarely extro-)

Back 41

one the outside, beyond

Front 42

1. in- (il- before l; im- before b, m, and p; ir- before r)

Back 42

into, in

Front 43

2. in-

Back 43

not

Front 44

3. in-

Back 44

very, thoroughly

Front 45

infra-

Back 45

beneath, below

Front 46

inter-

Back 46

between

Front 47

intra- (rarely intro-)

Back 47

within

Front 48

non-

Back 48

not

Front 49

mult- (often multi-)

Back 49

many, much, affecting many parts

Front 50

ob- (oc- before c; op- before p)

Back 50

against, toward; very thoroughly

Front 51

per- (pel- before l)

Back 51

through; very, thoroughly

Front 52

post-

Back 52

after, following, behind

Front 53

pre-

Back 53

before, in front of

Front 54

pro-

Back 54

forward, in front

Front 55

re-

Back 55

back, again

Front 56

retro-

Back 56

backward, in back, behind

Front 57

se-

Back 57

apart, away from

Front 58

semi-

Back 58

half

Front 59

sub- (suf- before f; sup before p)

Back 59

under

Front 60

super- (often supra-)

Back 60

over, above, excess

Front 61

trans-

Back 61

across, through

Front 62

ultra-

Back 62

beyond, excess