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Prefixes

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Definition
a, an   without, lacking, deficient, not  
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ab   away from  
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ad, af   toward, to, near  
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ante   before, in front of, forward  
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anti, ant   against, opposing, preventing  
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brady   slow  
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contra   against, opposed  
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dia   through, between, across, apart  
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dis   apart, free from  
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dorso   to the back  
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dys   difficult, bad, painful, abnormal  
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ect, ecto, exo   outside of  
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end, endo, ent, ento   within, inside  
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ep, epi   upon, on, over  
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eu   normal, good, healthy  
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extra, extro   outside of, beyond, outward  
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hemi   half, partial  
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hyper   excessive, above, beyond  
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hyp, hypo   under, beneath, deficient  
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infra   below, beneath  
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inter   between  
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intra, intro   within, into  
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mal   bad, abnormal  
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mega, megalo   large, big  
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micr, micro   small  
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mult, multi   many  
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neo   new, recent  
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oligo   little, few  
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para   beyond, beside, after  
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peri   surrounding, around  
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poly   many, much, excessive  
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post   after, behind  
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pre, pro   before, in front of  
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pyo   pus  
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steno   narrow  
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sub   under, below, beneath  
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super, supra   above, excessive, superior  
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tachy   fast  
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therm   heat  
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trans   across, through, beyond  
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cyano   blue  
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erythro   red  
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leuko   white  
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melano   black  
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nulli   none  
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mon, mono   one  
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bi, di, dipl   two, double, twice  
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tri   three  
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