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Word Meanings (prefixes)
Language review for ASTB
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Undergraduate 4
03/04/2011
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Term
a
 Definition
not, no, without
Term
ab
 Definition
not, away from
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acantho
 Definition
spiny, thorny
Term
acro
 Definition

top, tip

 
Term
ad
 Definition
to
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aero
 Definition
air, gas
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amphi
 Definition
both, around
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an
 Definition
not
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ana
 Definition
again, thoroughly
Term
andro/anthropo
 Definition
man
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ante
 Definition
before, prior to
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anti
 Definition
against, not
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apo
 Definition
away
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baro
 Definition
weight
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be
 Definition
completely
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bi
 Definition
two
Term
biblio
 Definition
book
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cent
 Definition
hundred
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circum
 Definition
around
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contra
 Definition
against
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cosmo
 Definition
universe
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cyto
 Definition
cell
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dactylo
 Definition
finger
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de
 Definition
from, away
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dec/deca
 Definition
ten
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dermo/dermato
 Definition
skin
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di
 Definition
two
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dia
 Definition
across
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ergo
 Definition
work
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eth/ethno
 Definition
race, nation
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eu
 Definition
well
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ex
 Definition
out of
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extra
 Definition
beyond
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fore
 Definition
before, on the front
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gastro
 Definition
stomach
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geronto
 Definition
old age
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hema
 Definition
blood
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hemi
 Definition
half
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hepta
 Definition
seven
Term
hex/hexa
 Definition
six
Term
hyper
 Definition
above
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hypo
 Definition
under/below
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in
 Definition

into 

 

not
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inter
 Definition
between
Term
intra
 Definition
within
Term
kilo
 Definition
thousand
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meso
 Definition
middle
Term
meta
 Definition
beyond, after, changed
Term
metro
 Definition
measure
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mill
 Definition
thousand
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milli
 Definition
one-thousandth; very small
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mis
 Definition
wrong, incorrect
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mono
 Definition
one
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necro
 Definition
dead
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non/nona
 Definition
nine
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ob
 Definition
against
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oct/octa
 Definition
eight
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osteo
 Definition
bone
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out
 Definition
from, beyond
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over
 Definition
above, too much
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para
 Definition
beside, close, partial
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penta
 Definition
five
Term
peri
 Definition
around
Term
pneumo
 Definition
lung, air
Term
poly
 Definition
many
Term
post
 Definition
after
Term
pre 
 Definition
before
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pro
 Definition
forward or in favor of
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quadr
 Definition
four
Term
quint
 Definition
five
Term
re
 Definition
back, do again
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retro
 Definition
back
Term
se
 Definition
apart
Term
semi
 Definition
half
Term
sep/sept
 Definition
seven
Term
sex
 Definition
six
Term
sub
 Definition
under
Term
super
 Definition
above, beyond
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syn
 Definition
together, with
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tetra
 Definition
four
Term
tox/toxico
 Definition
poison
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trans
 Definition
across
Term
tri
 Definition
three
Term
ultra
 Definition
beyond
Term
un
 Definition
not
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uni
 Definition
one
Term
under
 Definition
below
Term
xeno
 Definition
foreign
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zoo
 Definition
living
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zygo
 Definition
double
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