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