Prefixes
Prefixes Meaning "Without, Lacking"
- A-, AN- : WITHOUT, LACKING
Table 1 Prefixes and Their Meanings
- AB: AWAY FROM
- AD: TOWARDS
- ANTE: BEFORE, FORWARD
- ANTI-: AGAINST
- AUTO-: SELF
- BI: TWO
- BIO: LIFE
- BRADY: SLOW
- CHEM: CHEMISTRY
- CHLORO: GREEN
- CHROM/CHROMATO: COLOR
- CIRCUM: AROUND
- CONTRA: AGAINST
- CYANO: BLUE
- CYCL: CIRCLE; CYCLE
- CYTO: CELL
- DE: AWAY FROM
- DIA: ACROSS; THROUGH
- DIPLO: DOUBLE
- DIS: SEPARATION, TAKING APART
- DYS: DIFFICULT, ABNORMAL
- ECTO, EXO: OUTER; OUTSIDE
- ENDO, ENTO, ENTERO: WITHIN; INNER
- EPI: UPON; OUTSIDE
- ERTHRO: RED
- EU: GOOD, WELL
- EX, EXTRA: BEYOND
- FIBRO: FIBER
- GLAUCO/POLIO: GRAY, SILVER
- GLYCO: SUGAR
- HEMI: HALF
- HETERO: OTHER; DIFFERENT
- HOMO: SAME
- HYDRO: WATER
- HYPER: ABOVE; BEYOND; EXCESSIVE
- HYPO: UNDER; DEFICIENT
- IDIO: SELF
- INFRA: BENEATH; BELOW
- INTER: BETWEEN
- INTRA: WITHIN
- ISO: EQUAL; LIKE
- LEUKO: WHITE
- MACRO: LARGE
- MAL: BAD; ABNORMAL
- MELANO: BLACK
- MESO: MIDDLE
- META: BEYOND; CHANGE
- MICRO: SMALL
- MONO: ONE
- MYCO: FUNGUS
- NECRO: DEATH
- NEO: NEW
- OLIGO: FEW; LITTLE
- OXY: OXYGEN, SHARP, ACUTE
- PAN: ALL
- PARA: ALONGSIDE; ABNORMAL
- PERI: AROUND
- POLY: MANY
- POST: BEHIND; AFTER
- PRE: BEFORE; IN FRONT
- PURPURO: PURPLE
- QUADRI: FOUR
- RE: AGAIN; BACKWARDS
- RETRO: BACKWARD, BEHIND
- SEMI: HALF
- SUB: UNDER
- SUPER/SUPRA: ABOVE
- SY, SYL, SYM, SYN, SYS: TOGETHER
- TACHY: FAST
- TETRA: FOUR
- TRI: THREE
- UNI: ONE
- XANTHO: YELLOW