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Prefixes
A & P BIO 168 Rowan-Cabarrus College
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, not |
| af- | toward |
| an- | without, not |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against, resisting |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two, double |
| circum- | around |
| co-, con- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down from, undoing |
| dia- | across, through |
| dipi- | twofold, double |
| dys- | bad, disordered, difficult |
| ectop- | displaced |
| ef- | away from, |
| em-, en- | in, into |
| endo- | within |
| epi | upon |
| eu- | good |
| ex, eco | out of, out from |
| extra- | outside of |
| hapl- | single |
| hem-, hemat- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hom(e)o- | same, equal |
| hyper- | over, above |
| hypo- | under, below |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | same, equal |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large, million(th) |
| mes- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, after |
| micro- | small, millionth |
| milli- | thousandth |
| mono- | one (single) |
| neo- | new |
| non- | not |
| oligo- | few, scanty |
| ortho- | straight, correct, normal |
| para- | by the side of, near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | first, promoting |
| quadr- | four |
| re- | back again |
| retro- | behind |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under |
| super-, supra- | above all, excessive |
| trans- | across, through |
| tri- | three, triple |