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Chapter 4 LOM
Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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a-, an- | no; not; without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up; apart; backward; again, anew |
ante- | before; forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | together; with |
contra- | against; opposite |
de- | lack of; down;less; removel of |
dia- | complete; through |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
ec-, ecto- | out; outside |
en-, endo- | in; within |
epi- | above; upon; on |
eu- | good;normal |
ex- | out;away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | above; excessive |
hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
in- | in;into; not |
infra- | below; inferior to; beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | with-in; into |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
meta- | change; beyond |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | to bear; bring forth (live births) |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many; much |
post- | after; behind |
pre- | before; in front of |
pro- | before; forward |
pseudo- | false |
re- | back; again; backward |
retro- | behind; backward; back |
sub- | under; below |
supra- | above;upper |
syn-, sym- | together; with |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across; through |
ultra- | beyond; excess |
uni- | one |