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
