Prefixes
a-, an- | no, not |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward, near |
ana- | up, upward, apart |
ante-, antero- | before, forward, front |
anti- | against |
aut-, auto- | self |
bi- | two, both |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
circum- | around |
con- | with, together |
contra- | opposed, against |
de- | removal, reversal |
dia- | complete, through |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
endo- | within |
epi- | above, upon |
eu- | regular, well, good, normal |
ex-, exo- | out, outside |
extra- | outside of |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, more than normal, too much |
hypo- | below, less than normal, under |
idio- | peculiar, singular |
in- | in, into |
infra- | below, under |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
mal- | bad |
macro- | large |
meso- | in the middle |
meta- | change, beyond |
micro- | small |
mono- | one |
multi- | many |
neo- | new |
nulli- | zero, none |
ortho- | straight |
para- | beside, near, along the side of |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before |
pro- | before, forward |
pros- | before, forward |
quadri- | four |
re- | back |
retro- | behind |
semi- | half |
sub- | below, under |
super- | above, more than normal, excessive |
supra- | above |
syn-, sym- | with, together |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across, through |
tri- | three |
ultra- | beyond |
uni- | one |