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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up, apart, backward, again, anew |
| ante- | before; forward |
| apo- | off away |
| aut-, auto- | Self, own |
| brachy- | Short |
| con- | Together, with |
| de- | Lack of; down; less; removal of |
| dia- | Complete; through |
| dorsi- | Back |
| dys- | Bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| echo- | Reflected sound |
| ecto- | Out; outside |
| em- | In |
| en- | In, within |
| end- | In, within |
| endo- | In, within |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| eso- | Inward |
| eu- | Good, normal |
| ex-, exo- | Out; away from |
| extra- | Outside |
| hemi- | Half |
| hyper- | Above; excessive |
| hypo- | Deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| infra- | Below; inferior to; beneath |
| inter- | Between |
| intra- | Within; into |
| ipsi- | Same |
| ir- | In |
| kern- | Nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain) |
| macro- | Large |
| mal- | Bad |
| mega- | Large |
| meso- | Middle |
| meta- | Change, beyond |
| micro- | Small |
| multi- | Many |
| nulli- | None |
| oxy- | Swift; sharp; acid |
| pachy- | Heavy; thick |
| par- | Other than; normal |
| para- near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of | |
| per- | Through |
| peri- | Surround |
| polio- | Gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
| poly- | Many; much |
| post- | After; behind |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| primi- | First |
| pro-, pros- | Before, forward |
| pseudo- | False |
| quadric- | Four |
| re- | back; again; backward |
| retro- | Behind; back, backward |
| semi- | Half |
| sub- | Under; below |
| supra- | Above, upper |
| sym- | together; with |
| syn- | Together; with |
| tachy- | Fast |
| tetra- | Four |
| trans- | Across, through |
| tri- | Three |
| ultra- | Beyond; excess |
| uni- | One |