medical terminology prefixes worksheet

super-

above

trans-

across

post-

after

re-

again

anti-

against

contra-

against

pan-

all

dis-

apart

circum-

around

peri-

around

mal-

bad

ante-

before

pre-

before

infra-

below

para-

beside

inter-

between

extra-

beyond

ultra-

beyond

melano-

black

cyano-

blue

auto-

self

ap-

seperating from

brachy-

short

haplo-

single

hex-

six

brady-

slow

micro-

small

deci-

ten

tri-

three

dia-

through

per-

through

dorso-

to the back

dextro-

to the right

sym-

together

ad-, af-

toward

hyp-

under

sub-

under

ana-

up

ep-

upon

albus-

white

leuko-

white

co-

with

end-

within

intra-

within

a-, an-

without, lacking

luteus-

yellow

xantho-

yellow

meta-

change

octa-

eight

telo-

end

pseud-

false

tachy-

fast

gyn-

female

pyro-

fire

penta-

five

quadri-

four

eu-

good

chloro-

green

polio-

grey

hemi-

half

semi-

half

therm-

heat

im-

in

em-

into

mega-

large

oligo-

little

andro-

man

multi-

many

poly-

many

mes-

middle

steno-

narrow

neo-

new

nona-

nine

nulli-

none

mono-

one

cirrhos-

orange yellow

porphyro-

purple

pyo-

pus

erythro-

red

rhodo-

red

ab-

away from

chromo-

color

dys-

difficult

noso-

disease

ambi-

double

bi-

double

cata-

down

de-

down

xero-

dry

e-

out of

ect-

outside of