Gazala Noor
Lecturer
Faculty of Pharmacy
Integral University, Lucknow
, Medical Prefixes About Numbers
• -mono/-uni - One
Example
1. Monocyte (a white cell with a singular
nucleus)
2. Unilateral-one side only
• -Bi/-di - two or both
Example
1. bicupsid (having two flaps or cusps).
2. diamelia (absence of two limbs)
• -tri - Three
Example
• 1. tricupsid (three cups)