multi-
poly-
What is many or much?
Quadri-
What is four?
anti-
What is against?
Inferior
What is beneath or nearer to the feet?
Nearer to the origin or point of attachment
What is proximal?
Micro-
What is small?
Neo-
What is new?
Hyper-
Supra-
excessive, above normal
anterior/ventral
What is toward or near the front?
further from the origin or point of attachment
What is distal?
Circum-
What is around?
Tox-
What is poison?
Hypo-
sub-
supra-
below normal, beneath
posterior/dorsal
what is toward or near the back?
Toward the midline, nearer to the middle
What is medial?
Hemi-
What is half?
Endo-
What is in/within?
para-
peri-
abduction
What is from/away from?
Away from the midline; toward the side
What is lateral?
Tachy-
What is rapid?
Brady-
What is slow?
oligo-
What is deficient?
Adduction
What is toward?
above or nearer to the head
What is superior?