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PREFIXES and COLORS
PREFIX and color terms
Term | Definition |
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a-, an- | WITHOUT |
ab- | abnormal |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self. own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down or from |
dia- | through |
dextro- | right |
dis- | to undo, free from |
dys- | difficult, painful or bad |
ec-, ecto- | outside, external |
endo- | in, within |
epi- | above, upon |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | outside, out of, away from |
extra- | outside of |
hemi- | half |
homo- | same |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | below, decrease,less than |
in- | not |
in- | into, within |
infra- | -beneath, under |
inter- | between |
intra- | in, within, into |
latero- | side |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
meta- | beyond, change |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
oligo- | scant |
pan- | all, total |
poly- | much, many |
para- | abnormal, beside, near |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | before, in front of |
pseudo- | false |
pros- | before, forward |
re- | back, again |
retro- | behind, backward |
sinistro- | left |
sub- | under |
super- | above |
supra- | above (location) |
syn-, sym- | together, with |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
uni- | one |
bi- | 2, double |
di- | 2, double |
mono- | one |
multi- | many |
nulli- | never, none |
primi- | one, first |
quadri- | 4 |
tri- | 3 |
uni- | one |
albo | white |
chloro | color |
cyano | blue |
erythro | red |
leuko, leuco | white |
melano | black |
polio | gray |
rube, rubri | red |
xantho | yellow |