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Common Prefix and Suffixes
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a
,
an
: without / lack of
Prefixes and their
meanings
:
ab:
away from
ad
: toward, near
ambi:
both sides
alb
:
white
ante
:
before
,
forward
anti
:
against
apo
: off, away from
auto:
self
bi
: two/both
brady
: slow
cata:
downwards
circum:
around
con:
with
/
together
contra
: against/ opposed
diplo
:
double
de:
without
dys
: painful/difficult
ec,
ecto
:
out/outside
endo
: within/inside
epi
:
above
eu
:
normal
ex
: towards
extra
: outside of
hemi:
half
hetero:
different
homeo
:
likeness
hydro:
water
hyper
: above/high/excessive
hypo
: low/deficit
in
: inward/not
infra:
beneath
inter
:
between
intra
:
within
juxta:
near
meso:
middle
meta
: change/beyond
micro
: small/tiny
mono
:
one
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