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Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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a-, an- | without, lack of |
ab- | away from |
ad- | towards |
ambi- | both |
ana- | up, toward, apart |
ante- | before, in front of, foward |
anti- | against, opposing |
apo- | seperation from, deprived from |
auto- | self |
bi- | two, double, twice |
cata- | down, under, lower, against |
circum- | around |
contra- | opposed, against |
de- | reverse, removed |
di- | two, twice |
dia- | between, through, apart, across |
dis- | apart from, free from |
dys- | difficult, painful, abnormal |
e-, ec-, ex- | out of, from, away from |
exto-, exo- | outer, outside, situated on |
endo- | within, inner |
ep-, epi- | upon, on, over, above |
eu- | normal, good, well, helathy |
extra- | outside of, beyond |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above, beyond |
hypo- | deficient, beneath, under |
im-, in- | in, into, within |
infra- | below, beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
intro- | into, within |
mes-, meso- | middle |
meta- | change, beyond,after |
micr-, micro- | small |
multi-, mult- | many |
neo- | new, recent |
oligo- | means scant or little |
pan- | all, entire |
para- | beside, beyond |
per- | through, excessive |
peri- | around |
poly- | many, much, excessive |
post- | after, behind |
pre-, pro- | before, in front of |
pseudo- | false |
re- | again, backward |
retro- | backward, behind |
semi- | half, partial |
sub- | under, beneath |
super-, supra- | above, superior, excess |
sym-, syn- | together, with |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | beyond, excess |