Unit 2 Prefixes

This is a complete list of prefixes that are used in the words we are building for Unit 2. Some of these prefixes appeared in the Unit 1 prefix table. Those previously-used prefixes are displayed in gray text so that you can easily spot the new prefixes you need to learn for this unit, but you still have access to the definitions of the prefixes from previous units.

Prefix Definition
a– not
ab– off, from, away
ana– up, throughout, again
beni– for good
bi– two, double
contra– against, opposite
de– from, down, out
dia– between
dis– separate, apart
dys– bad
epi– on top of
ex– out, off, from, beyond
hyper– too much
hypo–
(before process)
too little
hypo–
(before anatomical structure)
below
idio– one's own, peculiar
im–
in–
not
ipsi– same (side)
mal–
mali–
badly
meta– between, with, after; change
micro– small
non– not
pro– in front of; in favor of
radio– X-rays or other radiation
re– again
sub– an underlayer; support
sym–
syn–
sys–
with, together
trans– through
un– not
un–
uni–
one

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