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  1. a-, an-
    no, not, without
  2. ab-
    away from
  3. ad-
    toward the center
  4. alb-
    white
  5. ambi-
    both sides
  6. ante-
    before
  7. anti-
    against
  8. auto-
    self
  9. bi-
    two, double
  10. bio-
    life
  11. brady-
    slow
  12. chlor/o-
    green
  13. circum-
    around; circular movement
  14. cirrh/o-
    yellow
  15. con-
    together, with
  16. contra-
    against, opposed to
  17. cyan/o-
    blue
  18. de-
    from; down
  19. dia-
    through
  20. dis-
    free of, to undo
  21. dys-
    bad, difficult, painful
  22. ecto-
    outside
  23. endo-
    within, inner
  24. epi-
    upon, over, above
  25. eu-
    normal or good
  26. erythr/o-
    red
  27. ex-
    out, away from
  28. exo-
    outside, outward
  29. extra-
    outside, beyond
  30. glauco-
    gray/silver
  31. hemi-
    half
  32. hetero-
    different
  33. homo/homeo-
    same
  34. hydro-
    water
  35. hyper-
    above, beyond, excessive
  36. hypo-
    below, under, deficient
  37. infra-
    under; below
  38. inter-
    between
  39. intra-
    within
  40. jaund/o
    yellow
  41. juxta-
    near, beside
  42. leuk/o
    white
  43. macro-
    • large in size
    • large in amounts
  44. mal-
    bad, abnormal
  45. mega-
    large, great
  46. melan/o-
    black
  47. meso-
    middle
  48. meta-
    beyond, after
  49. micro-
    • small in size
    • small in amounts
  50. mono-
    one
  51. neo-
    new, recent
  52. olig/o-
    small amount, few
  53. para-
    beside, alongside
  54. peri-
    around, about
  55. polio-
    gray
  56. poly-
    many, much, excessive
  57. post-
    after, behind
  58. pre-
    before, in front of
  59. primi-
    first
  60. pseudo-
    false
  61. purpur/o-
    purple
  62. quadri-
    four
  63. re-
    again or back
  64. retro-
    back or behind
  65. semi-
    half
  66. sub-
    under, below
  67. supra-
    above or over
  68. syn-
    together, joined
  69. tachy-
    fast
  70. trans-
    across, through
  71. tri-
    three
  72. ultra-
    beyond, excessive
  73. uni-
    one
  74. xanth/o-
    yellow
Author
akeller
ID
136632
Card Set
Prefixes
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