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Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A | No; not; without |
| An | Pertaining to |
| Ab | Away from |
| Ad | Toward |
| Alb | White |
| Ambi | Both sides |
| Ante | Before; forward |
| Anti | Against |
| Auto | Self |
| Bi | 2 |
| Tri | 3 |
| Brady | Slow |
| Tacky | Fast |
| Bio | Life |
| Contra | Against |
| Dia | Complete; through |
| Dys | Bad; difficult |
| Endo | Inside; within |
| Ecto | Out, outside |
| Eosin | Red; Rosie |
| Erthr | Red |
| Epi | Upon/above |
| Hemi | Half |
| Semi | Partial |
| Uni | 1 |
| Sub | Under |
| Supra | Above |
| Tri | 3 |
| Trans | Across |
| Leuk | White |
| Inter | Between |
| Infra | Below, inferior, beneath |
| Hypo | Low |
| Hyper | High |
| Pan | All |
| Para | Near/beside |
| Retro | Behind |
| Quadri | Four |
| Peri | Around |
| Post | After |
| Poly | Many |
| Jaund | Yellow |
| Cirrh | Orange, yellow, |
| Pseud | False |
| Pre | Before |
| Chlor | Green |
| Meso | Middle |
| Primi | First |
| Sym | Together |
| Mono | 1 |
| Syn | Joined together |
| Juxtra | Near / beside |
| Xanth | Yellow or tawny |
| Melano | Dark, black |
| Meta | Change / beyond |
| Intra | Within |
| Cyan | Blue |
| Prefixes express | Numbers, measurements, position, direction, negative, and color |
| Between, under, round, away from, upon, over, within, near,middle, below, Behind, above, across | Prefixes that express position, direction, & location |
| Color in reactions, growths or rashes, body fluid, red, blue, green, yellow, white, black, gray, purple | Prefixes express color |
| Not, without, lack of, against | Prefixes express negatives |