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Prefixes
All prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an-, a- | none |
| brachy- | short |
| mega-, macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| olig(o)- | little, small, scanty |
| per- | excessive thorought |
| alba- | white |
| chloro- | green |
| chromo- | color |
| cirrh- | yellow |
| cyano- | blue |
| erythro- | red |
| leuko- | white |
| melano- | black |
| rube- | red |
| xantho- | yellow |
| anklyo- | crooked, bent |
| apex- | point |
| calyx-, calix- | cup shape |
| eury- | broad or flat |
| pachy- | thick |
| platy- | flat |
| steno- | narrow, contracted |
| acro- | extremity, tip |
| anti- | against |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | opposite, against |
| dorso-, dorsi- | back |
| ecto- | outside, misplaced |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | on, over, upon |
| extra- | outside of, in addition to, beyond |
| fore- | before, infront |
| hyper- | above, excessive, beyond |
| hypo- | below, under |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between parts |
| juxta- | near |
| medi-, meso- | middle |
| ob- | against, in the way, opposite |
| para- | beside, beyond |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | beneath |
| supra- | above, over |
| trans- | across, through, over, beyond |
| ultra- | excessive, extreme |
| ana- | up, back again |
| ante- | before |
| cata-, kata- | down, through |
| gen- | beginning, orgin |
| meta- | beyond, over, between, change or next to |
| nocti- | night |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| prim-, prot(o)- | first |
| sym-, syn- | together, union |
| ter(t)- | third |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| bi-, di- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quadri-, tetra- | four |
| quint- | five |
| sex-, ses-, hexa- | six |
| sepa-, hepta- | seven |
| octo-, octa-, octi- | eight |
| nonu-, nona-, noni- | nine |
| deca-, dec- | ten |
| cent- | one hundred |
| milli | one thousand |
| ambi- | both |
| deci- | 1/10, one tenth |
| semi-, demi-, hemi- | 1/2 |
| diplo- | double |
| multi- | many |
| null(i)- | no, none |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| a-, an- | without, absent |
| ambly- | different from, another, dull |
| andro- | male |
| angi(o)- | vessel or duct, usually a blood vessel |
| atel- | imperfect |
| aut(o)- | self |
| bacter | bacteria |
| bi(o)- | life |
| co-, con-, com- | with |
| cry(o)- | cold |
| crypto- | hidden |
| dys- | difficult |
| gluco-, glyco- | sugar, sweet |
| gyn-, gyneco- | female |
| hetero | other, different |
| homeo-, homo- | same |
| hydro-, hydra- | water |
| idio- | distinct, peculiar to the individual |
| iso- | same, equal |
| mal- | bad |
| neo- | new, strange |
| non- | not |
| norm(o)- | normal |
| ortho- | straight |
| oxy- | sharp, acute, rapid |
| path(o)- | disease, suffering |
| phage(o)- | eat, consume |
| pseudo- | false |
| sclero- | hard |
| stereo- | solid, firmly established, three dimensional |
| tachy- | fast |
| terato- | malformed, monster |
| therap- | treatment |
| thermo- | heat, warmth |
| toxic- | poison |
| xero- | dry |
| brady- | slow |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | to, toward |
| de- | to do the opposite of, remove, away |
| dextro- | right |
| e- | out |
| ex | away from, out, completely |
| in-, im- | in, inside, within, not |
| ir- | against, into, toward |
| pro- | forward, anterior |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sinister(o)- | left |
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