chapter 3 prefixes

• away from

  ab-
• toward

  ad-
• through

  dia- , trans- , per-
• first

  prim/i-
• one

  mon/o- , uni-
• half

  hemi- , semi-
• two

  bi- , di-
• double

  dipl/o-
• three

  tri-
• four

  quadri- , tetra-
• many

  multi- , poly-
• white

  leuk/o-
• blue

  cyan/o-
• red

  erythr/o-
• black , dark

  melan/o-
• grey

  poli/o-
• yellow

  xanth/o-
• orange

  cirrh/o-
• green

  chlor/o-
• before

  ante-
• before, infront of

  pre- , pro-
• before, forward

  pros-
• after, behind

  post-
• slow

  brady-
• fast

  tachy-
• thick

  pachy-
• bad , poor

  mal-
• abnormal, difficult, painful, bad/poor

  dys-
• dry

  xero-
• grapelike cluster

  staphyl/o-
• twisted chain

  strept/o-
• around

  circum- , peri-
• within

  intra-
• outside

  extra-
• above

  epi- , supra-
• below

  infra- , sub-
• near

  juxta- , para-
• behind

  retro-
• between

  inter-
• not

  in- , im- , un- , non-