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Chapter 4 LOM
Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no; not; without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up; apart; backward; again, anew |
| ante- | before; forward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | together; with |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| de- | lack of; down;less; removel of |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| ec-, ecto- | out; outside |
| en-, endo- | in; within |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| eu- | good;normal |
| ex- | out;away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| in- | in;into; not |
| infra- | below; inferior to; beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | with-in; into |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | to bear; bring forth (live births) |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| post- | after; behind |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| pro- | before; forward |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | back; again; backward |
| retro- | behind; backward; back |
| sub- | under; below |
| supra- | above;upper |
| syn-, sym- | together; with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across; through |
| ultra- | beyond; excess |
| uni- | one |