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Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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A-, An- | Without or absence of |
Ab- | From or away |
Ad- | To or towards |
Ana- | Up |
Ante- | Before |
Anti- | Against |
Append- | To hang something |
Bi-, Bin- | Two |
Brady- | Slow |
Contra- | Against |
Di- | Two |
Dis- | To undo; free from |
Ecto-, Exo-, Extra- | Outside, outer |
Endo- | Within |
Epi- | Upon |
Erythr- | Red |
Glyc- | Sweet |
Hyper- | Over |
Hypo- | Under |
Im- | Not |
Infra- | Beneath; Below |
Inter- | Between |
Intra- | Inside |
Iso- | Equal |
Macro- | Large |
Mal- | Bad |
Meso- | Middle |
Meta- | Change |
Micro- | Small |
Mono- | One |
Multi- | Many |
Mut- | After |
Neo- | New |
Para- | Beside |
Patho- | Disease |
Peri- | Surrounding |
Poly- | Many |
Post- | After |
Pre- | Before |
Pseudo- | False |
Re- | Back, again |
Retro- | Backward or behind |
Semi- | Half |
Sub- | Under or below |
Super- | Beyond; Excess |
Syn- | Together or joined |
Tachy- | Fast |
Tetra- | Four |
Trans- | Through, across. beyond |
Tri- | Three |
Ultra- | Over or above |
Uni- | One |