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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an | Without |
| ab | Away from |
| acoust- | ear |
| ad | towards |
| ana- | up |
| ante- | before |
| append- | to hang something |
| bi, di | two |
| branchy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against |
| dis- | to undo, free from |
| dors- | back |
| dys | difficult, bad, abnormal |
| ecto-, exo- | outside |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| erythr- | red |
| glyc- | sweet |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | decrease, below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | inside |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| ortho- | straight or erect |
| para- | beside |
| patho- | disease |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| pre- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| sub- | under or below |
| super- | over or above |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| tri- | three |