Prefix Meaning Prefix Meaning

a-, an- no, not, without inter- between

ab- away from intra- in, within, into

ad- toward macro- large

ana- up, apart mal- bad

ante- before, forward meta- beyond, change

anti- against micro- small

auto- self, own neo- new

bi- two pan- all

brady- slow para- abnormal, beside, near

cata- down per- through

con- with, together peri- surrounding

contra- against, opposite poly- many, much

de- down, lack of post- after, behind

dia- through, complete pre- before, in front of

dys- bad, painful, difficult, abnormal pro- before, forward

ec- out, outside pros- before, forward

endo- in, within re- back, again

epi- upon, on, above retro- behind, backward

eu- good, normal sub- under

ex- out, outside supra- above, upper

hemi- half syn-, sym- together, with

hyper- excessive, above tachy- fast

hypo- deficient, under trans- across, through

in- not ultra- beyond, excess

in- into, within uni- one

infra- beneath, under