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Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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Ultra - | above, increased, or more than normal |
Eu - | good, normal, easy |
Em - | in |
Hyper - | elevated, or more than normal |
Hypo - | decreased, below, under |
Hemi - | half |
Inter - | between |
Ec - | out of |
Extra - | outside |
Infra - | below, beneath |
In - | not |
Intra - | within |
Intro - | into, within |
Neo - | recent, new |
Para - | beside, beyond, after |
Meta - | beyond |
Micr - , Micro - | small |
Mult - , Multi - | many |
Pseudo - | false |
Peri - | around |
Per - | throughout, excessive |
Pan - | all |
Retro - | backward, behind |
Poly - | many |
Pre - | before |
Post - | after |
Re - | again, backward |
Trans - | across |
Semi - | half |
Super - , Supra - | above, beyond, more than normal, |
Contra - | opposed, against |
Cata - | down, under, lower, against |
Circum - | around |
Epi - | upper |
Ex - , Exo - | without, out of, outside or away from |
Endo - | within or inside |
Ecto - | outside |
Dis - | apart from, free from |
Dys - | difficult, painful, bad |
Di - | two, twice |
A - , An - | without or no |
Ad - | toward |
Ana - | up, toward, apart |
Ap- | separation from |
Bi- | two, double, twice |
Aut-, Auto- | self |
Sub- | below, under, decreased |
De- | down, from |
Dia- | between, through, across |
Ambi- | both |
Anti- | against |
Ab- | away from |
Ante- | before, in front of, or forward |
Oct-, Octa-, Octo- | greek prefix for 8 |
Pent-, Penta- | Greek prefix for 5 |
Hex-, Hexa- | greek prefix for 6 |
Ennea- | greek prefix for 9 |
Mono- | greek prefix for 1 |
Dyo- | greek prefix for 2 |
Hept-, Hepta- | greek prefix for 7 |
Dek-, Deka- | greek prefix for 10 |
Tetr-, Tetra- | greek prefix for 4 |
Tri- | Latin AND greek prefix for 3 |
Duo-, Bi- | Latin prefix for 2 |
Novem-, Nonus- | latin prefix for 9 |
Uni- | latin prefix for 1 |
Quinqu-, Quint- | latin prefix for 5 |
Octo- | latin prefix for 8 |
Sex- | latin prefix for 6 |
Sept-, Septi- | latin prefix for 7 |
Deca-, Decem- | latin prefix for 10 |
Quadri-, Quadro- | latin prefix for 4 |