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Question | Answer |
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ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up, apart, backward, again, anew |
ante- | before; forward |
apo- | off away |
aut-, auto- | Self, own |
brachy- | Short |
con- | Together, with |
de- | Lack of; down; less; removal of |
dia- | Complete; through |
dorsi- | Back |
dys- | Bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
echo- | Reflected sound |
ecto- | Out; outside |
em- | In |
en- | In, within |
end- | In, within |
endo- | In, within |
epi- | above; upon; on |
eso- | Inward |
eu- | Good, normal |
ex-, exo- | Out; away from |
extra- | Outside |
hemi- | Half |
hyper- | Above; excessive |
hypo- | Deficient; below; under; less than normal |
infra- | Below; inferior to; beneath |
inter- | Between |
intra- | Within; into |
ipsi- | Same |
ir- | In |
kern- | Nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain) |
macro- | Large |
mal- | Bad |
mega- | Large |
meso- | Middle |
meta- | Change, beyond |
micro- | Small |
multi- | Many |
nulli- | None |
oxy- | Swift; sharp; acid |
pachy- | Heavy; thick |
par- | Other than; normal |
para- near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of | |
per- | Through |
peri- | Surround |
polio- | Gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
poly- | Many; much |
post- | After; behind |
pre- | before; in front of |
primi- | First |
pro-, pros- | Before, forward |
pseudo- | False |
quadric- | Four |
re- | back; again; backward |
retro- | Behind; back, backward |
semi- | Half |
sub- | Under; below |
supra- | Above, upper |
sym- | together; with |
syn- | Together; with |
tachy- | Fast |
tetra- | Four |
trans- | Across, through |
tri- | Three |
ultra- | Beyond; excess |
uni- | One |