Medical Terminology: Prefixes

trans

• against

• around

• across

• fast, rapid

super

• excessive, too much, high

• increase

• above, over, excess

• before, in front of

meg/o

• again

• around

• one

• large

pro

• before, in front of

• beside, beyond, after

• by, through

• before, in front of, prior to

poly

• many, much

• one, single

• small, scant

• around

leuk/o

• half

• within

• white

• around

mal

• before, in front of

• bad, illness, disease

• beside, beyond

• by, through

tachy

• fast, rapid

• many, much

• against, opposite

• above, over

inter

• backward, behind

• between

• above, over, excess

• withing

intro

• within

• outer, outside

• into, within

• inner, inside