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Chapter 1 Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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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 |