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Prefixes, Combining Forms and Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ab- | Away from |
| Ad- | Toward |
| A-, An- | No, Not, without |
| Ana- | Up |
| Ante- | Before, forward |
| Anti- | Against |
| aut-, Auto- | self, own |
| Bi- | two |
| Brady- | Slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| De- | down, back of |
| Dia- | Complete through |
| Dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| Ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| End-, endo- | within |
| En- | in |
| epi- | above, upon |
| Eu- | Good, normal |
| Ex- | out, away from |
| Exo- | outside, outward |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Excessive, above, more |
| Hypo- | Below, deficient, under, less |
| In- | Not, within, into |
| Infra- | beneath |
| Inter- | between |
| Intra- | within, into |
| Macro- | large |
| Mal- | bad |
| Meta- | beyond, change |
| Micro- | small |
| Neo- | New |
| Pan- | all |
| Para- | Abnormal, beside, near |
| Per- | Through |
| Peri- | around |
| Poly- | many, much |
| post- | After, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| Pro- | after, forward |
| Psuedo- | false |
| Re- | back, backward, again |
| Retro- | behind, backwards |
| Sub- | Under, below |
| Supra- | Above, upper |
| Sym-, Syn- | together, with |
| trachy- | fast |
| Transe- | Across, through |
| Ultra- | beyond, excel |
| Uni- | One |