1. Prefixes

Ante-, anterior

before, forward

Ventr-, venter-, ventral

front of body

Poster-, posterior

back, behind

Dosr, dorsal

back of body

Pre-

before, in front of

Retro-

behind, backward

Supra-, superior

above, upper

Infra-, inferior

beneath, lower

Epi-

upon, on, above

Sub-

under

Exo-, extra

outside

Ecto, ec-

out, outside of

Endo-, en- (em- before h, m, & p)

in, within

Intra-

into, within

Inter-

between

Para-

beside, near, alongside, abnormal

Mes-, meso-

middle

Peri-

surrounding

A-, (an- before vowel or h)

not, without, lacking, deficient

De-

down, lack of

Dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal

Mal-

poor, bad

Eu-

good, well

Hyper-

excessive

Hypo-

deficient, under

Tachy-

fast

Brady-

slow

Necro-

death

Macro-

large

Micro-

small

Neo-

new

Presby-

old age

Homo/eo-

same, alike

Ad-

to, toward, above

Ab-

away from

Ex-

out, away from

In-

into, within, not

Trans-

across, over, through

Per-

through

Circum-

around

Auto-

to one's self, own

Chromo-

color

Erythro-, eryth-, rubro-

red

Cyano-

blue

Leuko-

white

Mela-

black

Syn-, (sym- before b, m, p)

together, with, joined

Con-

with, together

Contra-

against, opposite

Uni-

one

Bi-

two

Meta-

beyond, change, transformation

Re-

back, again

Hemi-

half

Dia-

through, across, apart, complete