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Greek prefixes

TermDefinition
a Prefix: not, without Ex: abyss=without bottom
acro Prefix: top, height, tip Ex: acrophobia
an Prefix: not, without Ex: anydrous
aer Prefix: air Ex: aerate
aero Prefix: air Ex: aerospace
agr Prefix: farming Ex: agrarian=relating to the management of land
agri Prefix: farming
ana Prefix: up, back, against
andr Prefix: man, male Ex: misandry=hatred towards men
andro Prefix: man, male
anthro Prefix: human Ex: philanthropy, anthropomorphism
apo Prefix: away, off, separate
arch Prefix: chief, most important; primitive, ancient Ex1: patriarch, matriarch Ex 2: archaeology
aster Prefix: space
arthri Prefix: joint, jointed
astro Prefix: star, outer space
auto Prefix: self
bar Prefix: pressure, weight
biblio Prefix: book
blast Prefix: cell, primitive, immature cell
cata Prefix: completely, intensive, according to
caut Prefix: to burn
centr Prefix: center
cephal Prefix: head
chrom Prefix: color, pigment
chrono Prefix: time
chrys Prefix: gold, yellow
cosm Prefix; universe
crani Prefix: skull
crypto Prefix: hidden, secret
cycl Prefix: circle, ring
dec Prefix: ten
dem Prefix: people
dendr Prefix: tree
derm Prefix: skin
dia Prefix: through, between, apart, across
dyn Prefix: power, energy, strength
dys Prefix: abnormal, bad
endo Prefix: within, inside
epi Prefix: on, upon, over, among, at after, to, outside
erg Prefix: work
ethn Prefix: race, people
eu Prefix: good
gastr Prefix: stomach
gen Prefix: birth, production
geo Prefix: earth, soil, global
ger Prefix: old age
giga Prefix: a billion
gon Prefix: angle
gram Prefix: letter, written
graph Prefix: writing, recording, written
gyn Prefix: woman, female
hect Prefix: hundred
helic Prefix: spiral, circular
helio Prefix: sun
hemi Prefix: half, partial
hem Prefix: blood
hept Prefix: seven
hetero Prefix: different, other
hex Prefix: six
histo Prefix: tissue
hygr Prefix: moisture, humidity
hyp Prefix: under
iatr Prefix: medical care
icon Prefix: image
idio Prefix: peculiar, personal, distinct
kilo Prefix: thousand
kine Prefix: motion
leuk Prefix: white, colorless
lex Prefix: word, law, reading
lip Prefix: fat
lite Prefix: mineral, rock, fossil
lith Prefix: mineral, rock, fossil
log Prefix: word, doctrine, discourse
mania Prefix: madness, insanity, excessive desire
mega Prefix: great, large, million
meso Prefix: middle
meta Prefix: change, after, beyond, between
hyper Prefix: too much, over, excessive
meter Prefix: measure
morph Prefix: form
necr Prefix: death
nephro Prefix: kidney
neur Prefix: nerve
od Prefix: path, way
ortho Prefix: straight
osteo Prefix: goes beyond, surpasses
oxi/oxy Prefix: sharp
pale Prefix: ancient
pan Prefix: all, any, everyone
para Prefix: beside, beyond, abnormal
pept/peps Prefix: digestion
peri Prefix: around, enclosing
phag Prefix: to eat
phon Prefix: sound
phyll Prefix: leaf
phys Prefix: nature, medicine, the body
phyt Prefix: plant, to grow
plas Prefix: to form, development
pneum Prefix: breathing, lung, air, spirit
pod Prefix: foot
poli Prefix: city
poly Prefix: many, more than one
prot Prefix: before, in front of, forward
pseud Prefix: false, wrong
psych Prefix: mind, mental
Pyr Prefix: fire, heat
rhin Prefix: nose
rhod Prefix: red
rrh Prefix: flow, discharge
scler Prefix: hard
scop Prefix: see, examine, observe
soph Prefix: wise
sphere Prefix: ball
sym/syn Prefix: together, with, same
tax Prefix: arrangement
techno Prefix: technique, skill
tel Prefix: far, distant, complete
the Prefix: put
xen Prefix: foreign
xer Prefix: dry
xyl Prefix: wood
zo Prefix: animal life
zyg Prefix: pair
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