Unit #1 BUILDING WORDS TOPIC #1 CONTRASTING PREFIXES

CHAPTER 1 PG2

A ( ah or a )

mean without or no

An ( ahn )

means without or no

Ad ( ahd )

means toward

Anti

means against or in opposition to

ab ( ahb)

means away from

Dys

means painful or bad

Eu

means good, easy or normal

endo

means within or inside

ex or exo

means without, out of outside, or away from

Ecto

means outside

Hyper

means elevated higher than or more than normal

hypo

means depressed, lower, or less than normal

inter

means between

intra

means within

poly

means many or excessive

oligo

means scant or little

pre

means beforeo

post

means after

sub

means below, under or less

super and supra

mean above, beyond or excessive

epi

means upper

extra

means outside

meta

means beyond

per

means throughout

supra

means above, increases or more than normal

trans

means across

ultra

means above, increased or more than normal