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| PREFIX negatives | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| ANA | NOT, WITHOUT |
| anti | against |
| contra | against |
| ambi | both-bothsides |
| ante | BEFORE, INFRONT |
| auto | self |
| bi- | two, double |
| brady | slow, slowing |
| circum | around |
| con | together, with |
| contra | against |
| cyan | blue |
| de- | down, from |
| dys- | bad,difficult, painful disordered |
| ecto- | outside |
| endo | within inner |
| epi | upon, over |
| eu | well, easily, good, normal |
| hemi | half |
| hetero | different |
| homeo | likeness, same |
| homo | same |
| hydro | water |
| hyp | under, below, less than normal |
| idio | individual |
| im | not |
| in | in, inside, within not |
| infra | beneath, below, under |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| melan/o | black |
| meso | middle |
| leuk/o | white |
| mono | one |
| non | not |
| pan | all |
| para | near beside two like parts |
| peri | around |
| poly | many,much, excessive |
| post | after, behind |
| pre | before, infront |
| primi | first |
| pseudo | false |
| re | back, again |
| retro | backward,behind |
| semi | half |
| sub | under-below |
| supra | above, over |
| sym | joined together |
| syn | joined together |
| tachy | rapid |
| trans | across, through |
| tri | three |
| cirrh/o | yellow/tawny |
| xanthro | yellow |
| cyan | blue |
| uni | one |
| milli | one-thousandth |
| in | in, inside,within, not |
| idio | individual |
| hyp | less than normal |
| non | not |
| jaund/0 | yellow |
| purpur/o | purple |
| post | after, behind |
| pre- | in front of |
| poli/0 | gray |
| tri | three |
| xanthro | yellow |
| quadri | four |
| sym-syn | joined together |
| ultra | beyond, excess |
| juxta- | near, beside |
| de- | down from |
| ecto- | outside |
| eosin/o | red/rosy |
| uni | one |
| multi- | many |
| retro | backward,behind |
| infra | beneath, below, under |
| exo- | outside,outward |
| ane | WITHOUT |