Prefix and suffix

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  • Prefix: a letter or group of letters that is placed in the beginning of a word stem to change its meaning
  • Prefix meaning a, an: without endo
  • Prefix meaning ab: away from
  • Prefix meaning ana: upward
  • Prefix meaning hemo: blood
  • Prefix meaning anti: against
  • Prefix meaning hyper: excessive
  • Prefix meaning auto: self
  • Prefix meaninghypo: little
  • Prefix meaningbio: life
  • Prefix meaningim: not
  • Prefix meaningcalor: heat
  • Prefix meaningin: not
  • Prefix meaningcata: downward
  • Prefix meaninginter: between
  • Prefix meaningcholea: bile, gall
  • Prefix meaningintra: within
  • Prefix meaningchroma: color
  • Prefix meaningmeta: change
  • Prefix meaningco: together
  • Prefix meaningnecro: dead
  • Prefix meaningdi: two
  • Prefix meaningpara: beside
  • Prefix meaningdis: ill, negative
  • Prefix meaningperi: around
  • Prefix meaningdys: difficult
  • Prefix meaningpost: after
  • Prefix meaningec: outside
  • Prefix meaningpre: before
  • Prefix meaningencephal: brain
  • Prefix meaningsyn: union
  • Suffix: a letter or group of letters that is placed at the end of a word stem to change its meaning
  • Suffix meaningalgia: pain
  • Suffix meaningopsy: to view
  • Suffix meaningase: enzyme
  • Suffix meaningosis: condition
  • Suffix meaningcide: kill
  • Suffix meaningpathy: disease
  • Suffix meaningclysis: drenching
  • Suffix meaningpenia: poverty