Chapter 3: Prefixes

Front 1

pre-

Back 1

before

Front 2

peri-

Back 2

around

Front 3

nat

Back 3

birth

Front 4

-al

Back 4

pertaining to

Front 5

post-

Back 5

after, behind

Front 6

epi-

Back 6

above, upon

Front 7

hypo-

Back 7

under, below, deficient

Front 8

infra-

Back 8

inferior to, below; beneath

Front 9

sub-

Back 9

under, below

Front 10

inter-

Back 10

between

Front 11

pre-

Back 11

before

Front 12

pro-

Back 12

before; in front of; favouring

Front 13

retro-

Back 13

backward, behind

Front 14

bi-

Back 14

two

Front 15

dipl-, diplo-

Back 15

double

Front 16

hemi-

Back 16

one half

Front 17

hyper-

Back 17

excessive, above normal

Front 18

macro-

Back 18

large

Front 19

micro-

Back 19

small

Front 20

mono-

Back 20

one, single

Front 21

uni-

Back 21

one

Front 22

multi-

Back 22

many

Front 23

poly-

Back 23

many, too much

Front 24

nulli-

Back 24

none

Front 25

primi-

Back 25

first

Front 26

quadri-

Back 26

four

Front 27

tri-

Back 27

three

Front 28

ab-

Back 28

from, away from

Front 29

ad-

Back 29

toward

Front 30

circum-, peri-

Back 30

around

Front 31

dia-

Back 31

through, apart, across, between

Front 32

trans-

Back 32

through, across

Front 33

ecto-

Back 33

external, outside

Front 34

exo-

Back 34

out, away from, outside

Front 35

extra-

Back 35

outside, beyond, outward

Front 36

intra-, endo-

Back 36

in, within

Front 37

para-

Back 37

near, beside; beyond

Front 38

super-

Back 38

upper, above

Front 39

supra-

Back 39

above; excessive; superior

Front 40

ultra-

Back 40

excess, beyond

Front 41

a-(used before a consonant), an-(used before a vowel)

Back 41

without, not

Front 42

anti-

Back 42

against

Front 43

contra-

Back 43

against, opposed,opposite

Front 44

brady-

Back 44

slow

Front 45

dys-

Back 45

bad, painful, difficult

Front 46

eu-

Back 46

good, normal

Front 47

hetero-

Back 47

different

Front 48

homo-

Back 48

same, resembling

Front 49

homeo-

Back 49

same, constant, unchanged

Front 50

mal-

Back 50

bad

Front 51

pan-

Back 51

all

Front 52

pseudo-

Back 52

false

Front 53

syn- (if before b,p,ph, or m it is changed to "sym-")

Back 53

union, together, joined

Front 54

tachy-

Back 54

rapid