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PREFIX
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up - apart |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | Slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | Against, opposite |
| de- | Down, Lack |
| dia- | Through, Complete |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| en-, endo- | in, whithin |
| epi- | Upon, on, above good, normal |
| ex- | out, outside, away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | Deficient, under |
| in- | not |
| infra- | Beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | In, within, into |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mal- | bad |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | Before, in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | above, upper |
| syn-, sym- | Together, with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |