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Common Prefixes
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A,an | Without |
| Ab | Away from |
| Acr,acro | Extremities |
| Ad | Toward |
| Ambi | Both,both sides |
| Ante | Before |
| Anti | Against |
| Aut | Self |
| Bi | Both,two |
| Brady | Slow |
| Circum | Around |
| Con | With |
| Contra | Against |
| Di | tWO |
| Diplo | Double |
| Dors | Back |
| Dys | Painful,difficult |
| Ecto | Outside |
| Endo | Inside |
| Epi | Upper,above |
| Ex | Out from |
| Hemi | Half |
| Hyper | Excessive,above more than |
| Hypo | Deficient,below,less than |
| Inter | Between |
| Intra | Inside within |
| Macro | Large |
| Mal | Bad |
| Mega | Large |
| Meta | Between |
| Micro | Small |
| Mono | One,single |
| Neo | New |
| Ortho | Straight |
| Pan | All |
| Para | Beside,beyond |
| Peri | Around |
| Poly | Many |
| Post | Behind,after |
| Pre | Before,in front of |
| Pro | Forward |
| Pseudo | False |
| Retro | Backward |
| Semi | Half |
| Sub | Below |
| Super | Above |
| Supra | Above |
| Tachy | Rapid |
| Tele | Distant,far |
| Trans | Across |
| Ultra | Beyond,excess |