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Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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poly- | many;excessive |
eu- | normal |
hemi- | half |
brady- | slow |
auto- | self |
ante- | before |
post- | after |
multi- | many |
micro- | small |
sub- | below;under |
retro- | backward;behind |
supra- | above;on top of |
tachy- | fast |
semi- | half |
pre- | before |
peri- | around;surrounding |
hypo- | below;deficient |
ex- | out;outer |
non- | not |
milli- | one thousandth |
pan- | all |
intra- | within |
dec- | ten |
sym- | with;association |
ect- | outside;outer |
syn- | together;with;union |
astr- | star |
anti- | against |
bi- | two;double;both |
meta | change;after;beyond |
epi- | above;upon |
super- | above;over;excess |
para- | near;beside |
infra- | below;inferior |
en- | within;in |
mal- | bad;poor;abnormal |
inter- | between;among |
hyper- | above;excessive |
a-;an-;ana- | no;not;without |
dys- | difficult;painful |
macro- | large |
iso- | same;equal |
quadr- | four |
tri- | three |
ab- | away from |
endo- | within;inner |
ad- | to;toward |
carcin- | cancerous |
uni- | one |
neo- | new |
contra- | against;opposite |
centi- | hundred;hundredth |
oxy- | sharp;quick |
dura- | hard |
echo- | sound |
presby- | aging;old |
mono- | one |
primi- | first;one |
nulli- | none |
per- | through |