CLT 2049 Prefixes

super-, supra-

"Above" - Superior - Supraorbital

meta-

"After, change" - Metabolism (food changed into energy)

anti-

"Against, opposite of" - Antihistamine

pan-

"All" - Pandemic

para-

"Alongside, abnormal" - Paracusis (hearing disorder)

dis-

"Apart, away" - Dislocation

circum-

"Around" - Circumference

peri-

"Around" - Pericardium

ab-

"Away from" - Abnormal

ex-, exo-

"Away from, outside" - Exotropia

mal-

"Bad" - Malnourished

dys-

"Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal" - Dyslexia

infer-

"Below" - Inferior

inter-

"Between" - Interstellar

ultra-

"Beyond normal" - Ultrasound

ambi-

"Both" - Ambidextrous

contra-

"Counter, against" - Contraception

hypo-

"Deficient, abnormally low, below" - Hypotensive

heter-, hetero-

"Different" - Heterosexual

di-, diple-

"Double" - Diplegia (paralysis of both limbs) - Diplopia (double vision)

hyper-

"Excessive, abnormally high, above" - Hyperfixate

poly-

"Excessive, over, many" - Polyphagia (binge eating)

pseudo-

"False" - Pseudoscience

primi-

"First" - Primitive

quadri-, tetra-

"Four" - Quadriplegic - Tetraplegic

hemi-

"Half" - Hemiplegia

eso-

"Inward" - Esophagus

macro-

"Large" - Macromolecule

mega-, megalo-

"Large, great" - Megalocyte

multi-

"Many, more than once, numerous" - Multipolar

neo-

"New" - Neonatal

nulli-

"None, never" - Nullipara (never gave birth)

eu-

"Normal, good" - Eupnea (normal breathing)

mono-, uni-

"One" - Monoplegia - Unicellular

extra-

"Outside" - Extracellular

ec-, ecto-

"Outside, out" - Ectopic [pregnancy]

semi-

"Partial, half" - Semiconscious

tachy-

"Rapid, fast" - Tachycardia

brady-

"Slow" - Bradycardia

micro-

"Small" - Microscope

tri-

"Three" - Tricuspid

dia-

"Through" - Dialysis

trans-

"Through, across, beyond" - Transvaginal

pre-, ante-

"To come before" - Prenatal - Antecedent

post-

"To follow after" - Postpartum

syn-, sym-

"Together, joined" - Symptom - Syndrome

ad-

"Toward" - Adduction

bi-

"Two" - Bilobed

sub-

"Under, beneath, below" - Submerged

ana-

"Up, toward" - Anatomy

ep-, epi-

"Upon, over, above, on top" - Epidermis

con-

"With, together, jointly" - Conjoined

endro-, intra-, endo-

"Within" - Dendron - Intracellular - Endothermic

a-, an-

"Without, absence of" - Aphasia - Anoxia