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Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without,not,no |
| ab- | from,away from |
| ad- | toward,increase |
| alb- | white |
| albin/o | white |
| ambi- | both,both sides |
| an- | without,not,no |
| ante- | before,infront |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two,double |
| bio- | life |
| brady- | slow |
| chlor/o | green |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | yellow,tawny |
| con- | together,with |
| contra- | against |
| cyan/o | blue |
| de- | down,from |
| dia- | through |
| dis- | free of,to undo |
| dys- | bad,difficult,painful,disordered |
| ecto- | outside |
| endo- | within,inner |
| eosin/o | red,rosy |
| epi- | upon,over |
| erythr/o | red |
| eu- | well,easily,good,normal |
| ex- | out,away from,out-side |
| exo- | outside,outward |
| extra- | outside,beyond |
| glauc/o | gray,silver |
| hemi- | half |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | likeness,same |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hyp- | under,below,beneath,less than normal |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | under,below,beneath,less than normal |
| idio- | individual |
| im- | not |
| in- | in,inside,within,not |
| infra- | beneath,below,under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| juxta- | near,beside |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond,after |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| non- | not |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near,beside,beyond,two like parts |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poli/o | gray |
| poly- | many,much,excessive |
| post- | after,behind |
| pre- | before,infront |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| purpur/o | purple |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | back,again |
| retro- | backward,behind |
| rube- | red |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under,below |
| supra- | above,over |
| sym- | joined,together |
| syn- | joined,together |
| tachy- | rapid |
| trans- | across,through |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond,excess |
| uni- | one |
| xanth/o | yellow |