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Chapter 1 Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, away from |
| an- | without |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | opposite, against |
| dia- | through, across (completely through) |
| dys- | abnormal, difficult, painful |
| endo- | upon, over, above |
| eu- | normal, good |
| ex- | out, away from |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal, above |
| hypo- | deficient,below normal, below |
| in- | in, within, not |
| infra- | under, beneath, below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, inside |
| ipsi- | same |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside, beyond, near, two parts of a pair |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| super- | above, excess |
| supra- | above |
| syn- | together |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| trans- | through, across |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| bi- or di- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| mono- or uni- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| quad- or quadri- | four |
| semi- | partial, half |
| tri- | three |
| epi- | upon, over |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |