Prefixes on color, property, shapes, and directional terms

chlor/o-

green

chrom-, chromato-

color

cyan/o-

blue

erythr/o-

red

leuk/o-

white

melan/o-

black

cry/o-

cold

elect-

electrical activity

kin/o-, kine-, kinesi/o-

movement

kyph/o-

humpted

rhabd/o-

rod-shaped; straited

phot/o-

light

reticul/o-

net

scoli/o-

twisted

therm/o-

heat

ab-, abs-

away from

ad-

towards

ante-

before; forward

circum-

around

cycl-

circle; cycle

de-

away from; ending

dia-

across; through

ecto/o, exo-

outer; outside

endo/o, ent-, enter/o-

within; inner

epi-

upon; outside of

ex-, extra-

beyond

infra-

beneath; below

inter-

between

intra-

within

meso-

middle

meta-

beyond; change

para-

alongside; abnormal

path/o-

disease

peri-

around

post-

behind; after

pre-

before; in front

retro-

backward; behind

sub-

under

super-

above

supra-

above; upon

sy-, syl-, sym-, syn-, sys-

together

trans-

across; through