Prefixes

Question 1

a (an before a vowel)

Answer 1

not,without,lacking,deficient

Question 2

anti (ant before a vowel or h)

Answer 2

against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

Question 3

di (rarely dis)

Answer 3

two, twice, double

Question 4

dys

Answer 4

difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

Question 5

ec (ex before a vowel)

Answer 5

out of, away from

Question 6

ecto (often ect before a vowel)

Answer 6

Outside of

Question 7

en (em before b, m and p)

Answer 7

in, into, within

Question 8

endo, ento (end and ent before a vowel)

Answer 8

within

Question 9

epi (ep before a vowel or h)

Answer 9

upon, over, above

Question 10

exo

Answer 10

outside, from the outside, towards the outside

Question 11

hemi

Answer 11

half, partial, one side of the body

Question 12

hyper

Answer 12

over, above, excessive, beyond normal

Question 13

hypo (hyp before a vowel or h)

Answer 13

under, deficient, below normal

Question 14

mono (mon before a vowel or h)

Answer 14

one, single

Question 15

peri

Answer 15

around, surrounding

Question 16

syn (sym before b,p and m, n is dropped before s)

Answer 16

together, with , joined

Question 17

amphi, ampho

Answer 17

on both sides, around, both

Question 18

ana

Answer 18

up, back, against

Question 19

apo

Answer 19

away from

Question 20

cata (cat before a vowel)

Answer 20

downward, disordered

Question 21

dia (di before a vowel)

Answer 21

through, across, apart

Question 22

eso

Answer 22

within, inner, inward

Question 23

eu

Answer 23

good, normal, healthy

Question 24

heter, hetero

Answer 24

different, other, relationship to another

Question 25

homo, homeo

Answer 25

same, likeness

Question 26

meta (met before a vowel or h)

Answer 26

change transformation

Question 27

Para (often par before a vowel)

Answer 27

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

Question 28

pro

Answer 28

before

Question 29

pros, prosth

Answer 29

in place of