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Chapter 4
suffixes and prefixes
Term | Definition |
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-blast | embryonic, immature |
-crine | to secrete |
-drome | to run |
-fusion | coming together, to pour |
-gen | substance that produces |
-lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-or | one who |
-oxia | oxygen |
a-, an- | no, not, without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up, apart |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dia- | through, complete |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
endo- | in, within |
epi- | upon, on, above |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out, outside, away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, under |
in- | not, into, within |
infra- | beneath, under |
inter- | between |
intra- | in, within, into |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
meta- | beyond, change |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | abnormal, beside, near |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | before, forward |
pros- | before, forward |
re- | back, again |
retro- | behind, backward |
sub- | under |
supra- | above, upper |
syn-, sym- | together, with |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
uni- | one |