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Greek/Latin Prefixes
A-H
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no, lacking, none |
| ab- | away from, out from |
| ac- | to toward |
| -aceous; - aceus | of or pertaining to |
| acou- | hearing |
| acr-; acro- | extreme, peak |
| ad- | to, toward |
| adeno | gland |
| agri- | field, soil |
| -al | having character of |
| alb- | white |
| -algia | pain |
| alto- | high |
| ameb- | change, alternation |
| amphibi- | leading a double life |
| ampho-, amb- | both |
| an- | not, without |
| ana- | up |
| andro- | masculine, man |
| anemo- | wind |
| angio- | vessel |
| ante- | before, ahead of time |
| anthero- | front |
| antho- | flower |
| anti- | against |
| anthropo- | man |
| ap- | to, toward |
| aqu- | water |
| archaeo- | primitive, ancient |
| arthro- | joint |
| aster-; astr- | stars |
| -ate | used in forming verbs from nouns |
| -ation | used in forming nouns from verbs |
| atom- | vapor |
| audi- | hear |
| auto- | self |
| bactr- | stick, club |
| barb- | beard |
| bio-, bi- | life, living |
| -blast- | sprout , germ |
| brachi- | having arms |
| branchi- | having fins |
| brev- | short |
| bronch- | windpipe |
| calor- | heat |
| carb- | coal, carbon |
| cardi- | heart |
| carn- | meat |
| carp- | fruit |
| carpal- | wrist |
| caud- | tail |
| cell- | storeroom, chamber |
| -cene | new, recent |
| centi- | hundreth |
| centr- | center |
| cephal- | head |
| cervic- | neck |
| chem- | referring to chemistry |
| chlor- | green |
| chrom-, -chrome | color |
| chym- | juice |
| -cide | killing |
| circum- | around, about |
| cirru- | hairlike curls |
| co- | with, together |
| cocc- | seed |
| coel- | hollow |
| coll- | glue |
| com-; con- | with, together |
| coni- | cone |
| contra- | against |
| corp- | body |
| cosmo- | world, order, form |
| cotyl- | cup |
| counter- | against |
| cuti- | skin |
| cyan- | dark blue |
| -cycle, cycl- | ring, circle |
| dactyl- | finger |
| deca- | ten |
| deci- | tenth |
| deliquesce- | become fluid |
| demi- | half |
| dendr- | tree |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| di- | two, double |
| dia- | through, across |
| digit | finger, toe |
| din- | terrible |
| dis- | apart, out |
| dorm- | sleep |
| dors- | back |
| du-; duo | two |
| -duct | lead |
| dynamo- | power |
| dys- | ill, bad |
| ec- | out of, outside |
| echin- | spiny, prickly |
| eco- | house |
| ect- | outside, without |
| eletro- | electricity, electric |
| en- | in, into |
| -en | made of |
| encephalic- | brain |
| end-, ent- | within, in |
| enter- | intestines |
| -eous | nature of, like |
| epi- | on, above |
| -err | wander, go away |
| erythro- | red |
| ethno- | race, people |
| eu- | true, well, good |
| extra- | beyond, outside of |
| ex- | out of |
| -flect, -flex | bend |
| flor- | flower |
| fluor- | fluorine |
| foli- | leaf |
| fract- | break |
| galact-, galax | milk, milky fluid |
| gastro- | stomach |
| geo- | land, earth |
| -gen, -gine | producer, former |
| -gene, gene- | origin |
| -gest | carry, produce |
| glob | ball, round |
| glottis | moth of windpipe |
| -gon | angle, corner |
| -gony | offspring, generation, coming into being |
| -grade | step, division |
| -gram; -graphy, -graph | writing , record |
| grav- | heavy |
| gross | thick |
| gymno- | naked |
| gyn- | female |
| gyr- | ring, circle, spiral |
| haem-, hem- | blood |
| hepat- | liver |
| herb- | grass |
| hetero- | different, other |
| hex- | six |
| hibern- | winter |
| hipp- | horse |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | entire, whole |
| homo- | man, same, alike |
| hort- | garden |
| hybrid | mongrel |
| hydr- | water |
| hygr- | wet, moist |
| hypo- | beneath, under, less |
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