Med Term: Quiz #1 (Direction/Position + Quantity Prefixes) Flashcards Flashcards
Ab-, Abs-
Away from
Ad-
Towards
Ante-
Before; Forward
Circum-
Around
Cycl-
Circle; Cycle
De-
Away from; Ending
Dia-
Across; Through
Ect/o-, Exo-
Outer; Outside
End/o-, Ent-, Enter/o-
Within; Inner
Epi-
Upon; Outside of
Ex-, Extra-
Beyond
Infra-
Beneath; Below
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within
Meso-
Middle
Meta-
Beyond; Change
Para-
Alongside; Abnormal
Path/o-
Disease
Peri-
Around
Post-
Behind; After
Pre-
Before; In front
Retro-
Backward; Behind
Sub-
Under
Super-
Above
Supra-
Above; Upon
Sy-, Syl-, Sym-, Syn-, Sys-
Together
Trans-
Across; Through
Bi-
Two
Brady-
Slow
Diplo-
Double
Hemi-
Half
Hetero-
Other; Different
Homo-
Same
Hyper-
Above; Beyond; Excessive
Hypo-
Under; Deficient
Iso-
Equal; Like
Macro-
Large; Long; Big
Mic-, Micro-
Small
Mon-, Mono-
One
Olig/o-
Few; Little
Poly-
Many; Excessive
Quadri-
Four
Semi-
Half
Tachy-
Fast
Tetra-
Four
Tri-
Three
Uni-
One