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Chapters 1-7
Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A-/ An- | No/Not/Without |
| Aut-/ Auto | Self/ Own |
| Dia- | Complete/Through |
| Endo- | Within |
| Epi- | Above/ Upon |
| Ex-/ Exo- | Out/Outside of/Outward |
| Hyper- | Excessive/ Above/ More Than Normal |
| Hypo- | Deficient/ Below/ Less Than Normal |
| In- | Into/ In/ Within/ Not |
| Peri- | Surrounding/ Around |
| Pro- | Before/ Forward |
| Re- | Back/ Backward/ Again |
| Retro- | Behind |
| Sub- | Below/ Under |
| Trans- | Across/ Through |
| Ana- | Up |
| Cata- | Down |
| Inter- | Between |
| Intra- | Within |
| Meta- | Change |
| Ad- | Toward |
| Ante- | Before/ Forward |
| Anti- | Against |
| Bi- | Two (Bi can also mean life if it's the root word) |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cata- | Down |
| Con- | With/ Together |
| Contra- | Against/ Opposite |
| De- | Down/ Lack of |
| Dys- | Bad/ Painful/ Difficult/ Abnormal |
| Ec- | Out/ Outside |
| Eu- | Good/ Normal |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Infra- | Beneath/ Under |
| Macro- | Large |
| Mal- | Bad |
| Meta- | Beyond/ Change |
| Micro- | Small |
| Neo- | New |
| Pan- | All |
| Para- | Abnormal/ Beside/ Near |
| Per- | Through |
| Poly- | Many/ Much |
| Post- | After/Behind |
| Pre- | Before/ In Front Of |
| Pro-/ Pros | Before/ Forward |
| Supra- | Above/ Upper |
| Syn-/ Sym- | Together/ With |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Ultra- | Beyond/ Excess |
| Uni- | One |
| En- | in or within |