Table Listing Unit 1 Prefixes and Their Definitions

Prefix Meaning
a–
an–
not
anti– against (an action)
brady– slow
di–
dia–
through
dys– bad
endo– inside
epi– on top of
hemi– half
hyper– too much
hypo– too little
intra– inside
macro– large
meso– in the middle
micro– small
olig–
oligo–
several; a handful
pan– all; everything or everyone
para– beside; near
peri– around
poly– many; too much
tachy– fast
trans– through

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