Common Prefixes

Front 1

A-

Back 1

Without, not, no

Front 2

Ab-

Back 2

From, away from

Front 3

Ad-

Back 3

Toward, increase

Front 4

Alb-

Back 4

White

Front 5

Albin/o

Back 5

White

Front 6

Ambi-

Back 6

Both, both sides

Front 7

An-

Back 7

Without, not, no

Front 8

Ante

Back 8

Before, in front

Front 9

Anti-

Back 9

Against

Front 10

Auto-

Back 10

Self

Front 11

Bi-

Back 11

Two, double

Front 12

Bio

Back 12

Life

Front 13

Brady-

Back 13

Slow

Front 14

Chlor/o-

Back 14

Green

Front 15

Circum-

Back 15

Around

Front 16

Cirrh/o

Back 16

Yellow, tawny

Front 17

Con-

Back 17

Together, with

Front 18

Contra-

Back 18

Against

Front 19

Cyan/o

Back 19

Blue

Front 20

De-

Back 20

Down,from

Front 21

Dia-

Back 21

Through

Front 22

Dis-

Back 22

Free of, to undo

Front 23

Dys-

Back 23

Bad, difficult, painful, disordered

Front 24

Ecto-

Back 24

Outside

Front 25

Endo

Back 25

Within, inner

Front 26

Eosin/o

Back 26

Red, rosy

Front 27

Epi-

Back 27

Upon, over

Front 28

Erythr/o

Back 28

Red

Front 29

Eu-

Back 29

Well, easily, good, normal

Front 30

Ex

Back 30

Out, away from, outside

Front 31

Exo

Back 31

Outside,outward

Front 32

Extra

Back 32

Outside, beyond

Front 33

Glauc/o

Back 33

Gray, silver

Front 34

Hemi

Back 34

Half

Front 35

Hetero

Back 35

Different

Front 36

Homeo

Back 36

Likeness, same

Front 37

Homo

Back 37

Same

Front 38

Hydro

Back 38

Water

Front 39

Hyp

Back 39

Under, below, beneath, less than normal

Front 40

Hyper

Back 40

Excessive

Front 41

Hypo

Back 41

Under, below, beneath, less than normal

Front 42

Idio

Back 42

Individual

Front 43

Im

Back 43

Not

Front 44

In

Back 44

In, inside, within, not

Front 45

Infra

Back 45

Beneath, below, under

Front 46

Inter

Back 46

Between

Front 47

Intra

Back 47

Within

Front 48

Jaund/o

Back 48

Yellow

Front 49

Juxta

Back 49

Near, beside

Front 50

Leuk/o

Back 50

White

Front 51

Melan/o

Back 51

Black

Front 52

Meso

Back 52

Middle

Front 53

Meta

Back 53

Change, after

(Beyond, after)

Front 54

Milli

Back 54

One-thousandth

Front 55

Mono

Back 55

One

Front 56

Multi

Back 56

Many

Front 57

Non

Back 57

Not

Front 58

Pan

Back 58

All

Front 59

Para

Back 59

Near, beside, beyond, 2 like parts

Front 60

Per

Back 60

Through

Front 61

Peri

Back 61

Around

Front 62

Poli/o

Back 62

Gray

Front 63

Poly

Back 63

Many, much, excessive

Front 64

Post

Back 64

After, behind

Front 65

Pre

Back 65

Before, in front

Front 66

Primi

Back 66

First

Front 67

Pseudo

Back 67

False

Front 68

Purpur/o

Back 68

Purple

Front 69

Quadri

Back 69

Four

Front 70

Re

Back 70

Back, again

Front 71

Retro

Back 71

Backward, behind

Front 72

Rube-

Back 72

Red

Front 73

Semi

Back 73

Half

Front 74

Sub

Back 74

Under,below

Front 75

Supra

Back 75

Above, over

Front 76

Sym

Back 76

Joined, together

Front 77

Syn

Back 77

Joined, together

Front 78

Tachy

Back 78

Rapid

Front 79

Trans

Back 79

Across, through

Front 80

Tri

Back 80

Three

Front 81

Ultra

Back 81

Beyond, excess

Front 82

Uni

Back 82

One

Front 83

Xanth/o

Back 83

Yellow