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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | not, without variant of ad |
| ab- | away from |
| ac- | toward |
| acu- | sharp |
| ad- | to, toward, into |
| ag- | to |
| allo- | strange, other |
| alopec- | baldness, mange |
| alpha- | first letter in the greek alphabet |
| ambly- | dull |
| amph- | around |
| an- | not, lack of, without |
| ana- | away from, excessive |
| ant- | against |
| ante- | before, forward, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| -apo | different from, separation from |
| auto- | self, same |
| ayur- | life |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| cent- | hundred |
| circum- | around |
| co- | with, together |
| com- | with, together |
| col- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| crypt- | hidden |
| de- | without, out of, removal, from |
| demi- | half |
| di- | two |
| dia- | complete |
| dis- | apart, away from |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| e- | out of, from |
| ec- | out, outside |
| eco- | enviroment |
| em- | in, into |
| emmetr- | measure |
| en- | in |
| end- | inside, within |
| endo- | inside, within |
| epic- | above, upon, over |
| equi- | equal |
| erysi- | red |
| eso- | inward |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex- | away from, out, out of |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| extra- | outside, out of |
| fore- | in front |
| flou- | florine |
| gen- | birth |
| grand- | big |
| hemi- | half |
| hetero- | different |
| hyp- | below |
| hyper- | above, beyond, excess, excessive |
| hypo- | below, deficient, smaller, low, under |
| im- | in, not |
| in- | not, into, in |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | inside, within |
| intus- | within |
| iso- | equal |
| juxta- | beside, near, close to |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad, difficult |
| mega- | enormous |
| mero- | partial |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | after, beyond, subsequent to |
| mi- | derived from hemi, half |
| micro- | small |
| mid- | middle |
| mito- | thread |
| mono- | one, single |
| multi- | many |
| myo- | to blink |
| myx- | mucus |
| neo- | new |
| noct- | night |
| non- | no, not |
| nor- | normal |
| norm- | normal |
| oligo- | scanty, too little |
| pan- | all |
| panto- | entire |
| para- | adjacent to, alongside, beside, abnormal |
| par- | abnormal, beside |
| per- | through, intense |
| peri- | around |
| petit- | small |
| phaco- | lens |
| pheo- | gray |
| poikilo- | irregular |
| poly- | excessive, many much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before, infront of |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before, in front, projecting forward |
| proto- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| pupil- | pupil |
| quadri- | four |
| radic | rooot |
| re- | again, back, backward |
| retro- | backward |
| ribo- | from ribose, a sugar |
| spiro- | spiral, coil |
| sub- | below, under, underneath |
| super- | above, excessive |
| sym- | together |
| syn- | together |
| tachy- | rapid |
| tetra- | four |
| trans- | across, through |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | higher, beyond |
| un- | not |
| uni- | one |
| xeno- | foreign |
| zea- | to live |