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Prefixes
Common Latin and Greek Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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anti- | against |
de- | opposite |
dis- | not, opposite of |
en-, em- | cause to, in, among, within |
fore- | before |
in-, im- | in |
in-, im-, il- ,ir- | not |
inter- | between |
mid- | middle |
mis- | wrongly |
non- | not |
over- | over |
pre- | before |
re- | again |
semi- | half |
sub- | under |
super- | above |
trans- | across |
un- | not |
under- | under |
a-, an- | lacking, not, without |
ana- | up, back, again |
arch-, archi- | chief, first |
dia- | across, apart, through, between |
epi- | on, outside, over, outer |
eu- | good, well |
hetero- | other |
homo- | same |
hyper- | excessive, over |
hyp-, hypo- | under, beneath |
macr-, macro- | long, large, prominent |
meta-, met- | change of, over, beyond |
micro- | small |
neo- | new, latest of a period |
orth- | straight, right |
para-, par- | beside, beyond, variation |
pro- | before, foreward |
proto- | first |
syn-, sym-, syl-, sys- | together |
tele- | far, distant |
thermo- | heat |
topo- | place |
zoo- | living |
auto- | self, same |
bio-, bi- | life, living organism |
geo- | Earth, geography |
mono- | single, one, alone |
pan- | all |