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PREFIX`
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | without; not; away from |
| ab | away from; absent |
| ad | toward; increase |
| alb | white |
| ambi | both; both sides |
| an | without; not |
| ana | not; without against |
| aniso | unequal |
| ante | before; in front |
| auto | self |
| bi | two; double |
| bio | life |
| brady | slow |
| cata | down;under against; lower |
| cine | movement |
| circum | around |
| con | together; with |
| contra | against |
| de | down; from |
| dia | through; between |
| dis | free of; to undo; double; negative |
| dys | bad; difficult; painful; disordered |
| echo | sound |
| ecto | outside |
| endo | within; inner |
| epi | upon; over; after |
| eu | well;easily;good;normal |
| ex | away from; outside |
| exo | outward |
| extra | outside; beyond |
| hemi | half |
| homeo | likeness; same |
| homo | same |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | excessive; above |
| hypno | sleep; hypnosis |
| hypo | under; below; beneath; less than normal |
| idio | individual |
| im | not |
| in | in; inside;within;not |
| infra | beneath; below; under; |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| juxta | near; beside |
| mal | bad; por |
| mega | large |
| meso | middle |
| meta | beyond; after; change |
| milli | one-thousandth |
| mono | one; single |
| multi | many |
| non | not |
| nulli | none |
| oxy | rapid; sharp |
| pachy | thick |
| pan | all |
| par | apart from |
| para | near; beside; beyond; two like parts |
| per | through; intense |
| peri | around |
| poly | many; much |
| post | after; behind |
| pre | before; in front |
| primi | first |
| pseudo | false |
| quadri | four |
| retro | backwards; behind |
| rube | red |
| semi | half |
| sub | beneath; under |
| supra | above; over; beyond |
| sym | joined; together |
| syn | joined; together |
| tachy | rapid |
| trans | across; through |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond; excess |
| uni | one |