Prefixes: Numbers or Quantities pt. 1
“mono-, uni-“
What means “one”?
“bi-, di-“
What means “two”?
“trans-“
What means “across”?
“post-“
What means “after, behind”?
“non-“
What means “not”?
“mal-“
What means “bad, abnormal”?
“erythr/o“
What means “red”?
“aer/o“
What means “air”?
“cancer/o, carcin/o“
What means “cancer”?
“electr/o”
What means “electricity”?
“chem/o”
What means “chemical”?
“tri-“
What means “three”?
“quad-, quadri-, tetra-“
What means “four”?
“inter-“
What means “between”?
“hypo-, infra-, sub-“
What means “beneath, under”?
“a-, an-“
What means “no, not, without”?
“dys-“
What means “bad, difficult, disordered”?
“cyan/o“
What means “blue”?
“cry/o“
What means “cold”?
“electr/o“
What means “electricity”?
“ech/o, son/o”
What means “sound”?
“tox/o”
What means “poison”?
“centi-“
What means “one hundred, one-hundredth”?
“milli-“
What means “one-thousandth”?
“epi-“
What means “above, on”?
“ecto-, end-, endo“
What means “outside, without, away from”?
“micro-“
What means “small”?
“brady-“
What means “slow”?
“melan/o“
What means “black”?
“narc/o“
What means “stupor”?
“optic/o, opt/o“
What means “vision”?
“fluor/o”
What means “emitting or reflecting light”?
“therapeut/o”
What means “treatment”?
“diplo-“
What means “double”?
“hemi-, semi-“
What means “half, partly”?
“per-“
What means “through or by”?
“ab-“
What means “away from”?
“in-“
What means “not or inside (in)”?
“anti-, contra-“
What means “against”?
“alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, (leuc/o) “
What means “white”?
“phon/o“
What means “voice”?
“therm/o“
What means “heat”?
“tom/o”
What means “to cut”?
“-therapy”
What means “treatment”?
“hyper-“
What means “excessive, more than normal”?
“hypo-“
What means “under, less than normal”?
“meso-, mid-“
What means “middle”?
“dia-“
What means “through”?
“post-“
What means “after or behind”?
“tacky-“
What means “fast”?
“chlor/o“
What means “green”?
“fibr/o“
What means “fiber”?
“cephal/o“
What means “head”?
“radi/o”
What means “radiant energy”?
“plast/o”
What means “repair”?
“multi-, poly-“
What means “many”?
“nilli-“
What means “none”?
“contra-“
What means “against or opposed”?
“circum-, peri-“
What means “around”?
“macro-, mega-, megalo-“
What means “large or great”?
“ante-, pre-, pro-“
What means “before”?
“xanth/o“
What means “yellow”?
“py/o“
What means “pus”?
“phot/o“
What means “light”?
“ultra-”
What means “excessive”?
“algesi/o”
What means “sensitivity to pain”?
“pan-“
What means “all”?
“primi-“
What means “first”?
“ad-“
What means “toward”?
“retro-“
What means “behind, backward”?
“pro-“
What means “favoring, supporting”?
“eu-“
What means “good, normal”?
“crypt/o“
What means “hidden”?
“necr/o“
What means “dead”?
“super-, ultra-“
What means “excessive”?
“sym-, syn-“
What means “joined, together”?
“super-, supra-“
What means “above, beyond”?
“top/o“
What means “position, place”?
“dips/o“
What means “thirst”?
“ante-, pre-“
What means “before in time or in place”?
“para-“
What means “near, bedside, or abnormal”?
“trache/o“
What means “trachea (windpipe)”?
“hist/o“
What means “tissue”?
“ipsi-“
What means “same”?
“blast/o“
What means “embryonic form”?
“myc/o“
What means “fungus”?