Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes

• ab- - away from
• an-, a- - without, not
• ante- - before, in front of
• anti- - opposing, against
• auto- - self, same
• brady- - slow
• circum- - around
• contra- - against, opposed
• di- - two
• dys- - bad, difficult
• ecto- - outer, on the outside
• ex-, exo- - external, outward
• hetero- - different
• homo-, homeo- - same
• hyper- - abnormally increased, excessive
• hypo- - deficient, below normal
• im-, in-, - in, on
• inter- - between
• intra- - inside of
• macro- - large, long
• mal- - ill, bad, opposite
• pan- - entire, all
• para- - adjacent, beside, near
• peri- - around
• poly- - many
• post- - after, behind
• pre-, pro- - before, in front of
• pseudo- - false
• retro- - backward, behind
• sub- - under, less than
• super- - above, excessive
• supra- - above
• tachy- - fast, rapid
• tri- - three
• ultra- - beyond, excessive
• uni- - one, single
• aden - referring to a gland
• angi - blood or lymph vessel
• arthr- joint
• aur, ot - ear