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Prefixes
Prefixes are placed at the beginning of root words to modify a word's meaning.
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| A | B |
| a, an- | without, lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| acr- | pertaining to extremity |
| ad- | to, toward |
| aden- | pertaining to bland |
| ana- | up, back, again |
| angio- | blood,wessel, wesel |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against, opposed to |
| artho- | joint |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| blast- | germ or cell |
| bleph- | pertaning to eye |
| brady- | slow |
| cardio- | pertaining to heart |
| cephal | pertaining to head |
| cerebro- | brain |
| chole- | pertaining to bile |
| circum- | around, about |
| conta- | against, opposite |
| cost- | pertaining to rib |
| cyst- | pertaining to bladder |
| derma- | skin |
| di- | twice, double |
| dia- | through, completely |
| dys- | with pair or difficulty |
| e-, ex- | from, out of |
| ecto- | out from |
| em- | in |
| endo- | within |
| enter- | pertaining to the intestines |
| epi- | upon, on |
| erythro- | red |
| eu- | healthy |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside, in addition |
| gastr- | pertaining to the stomach |
| gynec- | pertaining to women |
| hem- | pertaining to blood |
| hemato- | pertaining to blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | over, excessive in |
| hypo- | under, deficient in |
| hyster- | pertaining to uterus |
| in- | not |
| infra- | below, after |
| inter- | between |
| iso- | equal |
| laterad- | side |
| lateral- | side |
| leuk- | pretaining to anything white |
| marco- | large |
| micro- | small (e.g. one millionth part of) |
| myo-,mye- | pertaining to muscle |
| neo- | new |
| nephr- | pertaining to kedney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| olig- | little |
| oophor- | pertaining to ovary |
| opthal- | pertaining to eye |
| ot- | pertaining to ear |
| para- | by the side of |
| patho- | disease |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| phago- | to eat |
| pneumo | -air, lung |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| proct- | pertaining to rectum |
| pseudo- | false |
| psych- | pertaining to the mind |
| pulmo- | lung |
| py- | pertaining to pus |
| pyel- | pertaining to renal pelvis |
| retro- | backward |
| rhin- | pertaining to nose |
| salping- | pertaining to a tube |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under, moderately |
| supra- | above |
| sym- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| vaso- | vessel |
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