Prefixes
Terms
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- prologue, promote
- pro - before
- hydroplane, hydrosphere, hydrant
- hydr - water
- aerodynamic, aerobics, anaerobic
- aero - air
- pancake, panorama, pandemic
- pan - all
- donate, donation
- don, donant - give
- autopilot, automovile, automatic
- auto - self
- navy, circumnavigate
- nav - ship
- contradict, contrast, contrary
- contra - against
- receive, reception
- ceive, cept - take, receive
- geology
- geo - earth
- semicolon, semicircle, semisweet
- semi - half or partly
- atheist, monotheist, polytheist
- the - god
- ambidextrous, ambitious, ambivalent
- ambi - both
- maniac, manic, cleptomania, pyromaniac
- mania - madness
- logic, weblog, dialogue
- log - word
- diclaimer, exclaim
- claim, clam - shout
- pediatrics, pedophile
- ped - child
- pseudoephedrine, pseudonym
- pseudo - false
- polygon, octogon, pentagon
- gon - angles
- minimal, minus, minimum
- min - small, less
- manuel, maneuver
- man - hand
- pschiatric, pediatrition
- iatr - health, medical care
- macromolecule, macroeconomics
- macro - large
- import, portal, export, report
- port - carry
- anesthetic, amnesia
- esth - feeling
- active, action, pact
- act - do
- tripod, anthropod, podiatry
- pod - foot
- paternal, paternity
- pater - father
- missile, mission, dismiss
- miss - sent
- curad, curative
- cura - care
- microscope, micromini
- micro - small
- beneficiary, benefactor, benevolent
- bene - good
- include, exclude
- clud - shut
- retrospect, retrograde
- retro - backward
- barometer
- baro - weight
- ultraviolet, ultrasound
- ultra - beyond
- diaphram, diameter, diagonal
- dia - across
- magnify, magnificent
- magni - great, large
- negative, negated
- neg - no
- binocular
- ocu - eye
- maternity, matriarch, matrimony
- mater, matri - mother
- homogenous, homosexual
- homo - same
- immature, illegitamate, irregular
- il, im, in, ir - not
- transfer, ferry
- fer - bear, carry
- macrocosm, cosmopolitan
- cosm - universe
- judicial, judge, prejudice
- jud - law
- photosynthesis, photography
- photo - light
- orthodontist
- dont - tooth
- maximize, maxiderm
- max - greatest
- reject, eject, inject
- ject - throw
- mutate, mutual, mutiny
- mut - change, interchange
- enter, embedded
- en, em - in, into
- lysol, analyze, glycolysis
- lyz, lys - break down
- repulse, pulse, impulsive
- pul - urge
- dentist, dental
- dent - tooth
- postwar, postgame
- post - after
- lucid, Lucifer, translucent
- luc - light
- divide, indivisible
- div - divide
- marine, maritime
- mar - ocean, sea
- inquire, inquistive
- quir, quis - ask, seek
- phonetics, telephone
- phon - sound
- arachnophobic, phobia
- phob - fear
- luna, lunatic, lunacy
- luna - moon
- location, locate, locomotive
- loc - place
- plural
- plur - more
- astronaut, asteroid, asterisk
- ast - star
- monochromatic, monorail
- mono - one
- reflex, flexible
- flect, flex - bend
- justify, justice, injustice, unjust
- jus - law
- altitude, altimeter, alto, altar
- alt - high
- sophomore, sophistication
- soph - wise
- community, commute
- commun - common
- intranet, intraveinous
- intra - inside
- dogmatic, dogma, dogmatist
- dogma - opinion
- psychopathic, psycologist, psycic
- psych - mind
- hypothermia, hypoallergenic
- hypo - below
- dominate, dominion
- domin - master
- polygamy
- gam - marriage
- equity, equidistant
- equi - equal
- centimeter, century, centipede
- cent - hundred
- different, diffuse, distinct
- di, dif, dis - apart, not
- generation, genetics, gender
- gen - race, birth
- factory, facility
- fac - make, do
- atypical, asymmetrical, asexual
- a - away, from
- ordinance, cooridinate, order
- ord - row
- cyclone, recycle, bicycle
- cycl - ring, circle
- thermometer, geothermal
- therm - heat
- optometrist, optic
- opt - eye
- success, recess
- cess - go, yield
- exponent, example, evict, eject
- e, ex - out, out of
- mortician, mortify
- mort - death
- dysfuctional, dysentary, dyslexic
- dys - bad, diseased
- kinetic, cinema, telekinesis
- kine, cine - movement
- bisexual, binomial, bilingual
- bi - two
- democrat, demonstration
- dem - people
- octopus, octogon
- oct - eight
- sociopath, pathological, sympathetic
- path - feeling
- metacognition, cognate
- cogn - know
- neonatal
- neo - new
- circumfrence, circus, circular
- circu - round, around
- fracture, fragment, fragile
- frag, fract - break
- mechanic, mechonism
- mech - machine
- condescend, codependent, conference
- co, con - together, with
- optimum, optimist
- opt - best
- liberty, liberated, liberal
- liber - free
- geology, geocentric
- geo - earth
- expel, repel, propel
- pel - drive
- polygon, polygamy
- poly - many
- migrate, immigrate
- mig - move
- extraordinary, extravagant
- extra - beyond
- quadratic, quadrilateral
- quad - four
- graduate, congress
- grad, gress - step
- homo sapien, homo erectus
- homo - man
- orthodontist, orthodox
- ortho - straight
- input, output, compute, computer
- put - think
- imagery, imagination
- imag - likeness
- synonym, pseudonym
- onym - name
- query, conquest
- quer, quest - ask, seek
- prenatal, native, nativity
- nat - birth, born
- metamorphosis, metacognition
- meta - beyond
- multitask, multicolor, multinational
- multi - many
- mobile
- mob - move
- chronological, chronic
- chrono - time
- certain, certify
- cert - sure
- narration, narrate
- narr - tell
- perimeter, peripheral
- peri - around
- paradox, orthodox
- dox - belief
- grammar, telegram, monogrammed
- gram - letter, written
- epilogue, epicenter, episode
- epi - after
- neopolitan, neonatal, neonazi
- neo - new
- agriculture, agrarian
- agri - field
- internet, intervention
- inter - between
- antecedent
- ced, cede, ceed - go, yield
- syllable, syllabus
- syl, sym, syn - same
- gratitude, congrats
- grat - pleasing
- perfect, perforated, period
- per - through, completely
- lithosphere, lithium, lithogram
- lith - stone
- biography, autobiography, symbiotic
- bio - life
- milligram, milliliter, millimeter
- milli - thousand
- fraternity, fratercide
- frater - brother
- submarine, subpar
- sub - below, under
- mime, mimic
- mim - same
- plural, plurality
- plur - more
- omnivore, omniscient
- omni - all
- conjunction, juncture
- junct - join
- origin, original
- orig - beginning
- luster, lustrious
- lust - shine
- aquaduct, conduct, conducive
- duc, duct - lead
- superman, supersonic
- super - above, over
- dementia, mental, elementary
- ment - mind
- democrat, aristocrat
- crat - rule
- decline, incline, recline
- cline - lean
- forecast, foreground, forearm
- fore - before
- hyperventilate, hyperextend
- hyper - above
- metamorphosis, polymorph, morphine
- morph - shape
- pentagon, penthouse
- penta - five
- credibility, incredible
- cred - believe
- anthropology, anthropod
- anthr - man
- fugitive, refugee
- fug - flee
- pedecure, pedal
- ped - food
- dichloride, dichomatic
- di - two
- descend, delete, decapitate
- de - down, take away, remove
- architect, archway
- arch - arch
- quintesential, quintuplets
- quint - five
- malnutrition, malpractice
- mal - bad
- dictionary, dictator
- dict - speak
- triplets, tripod, triangle
- tri - three
- middle, midcourt
- mid - middle
- homocidal, genocide
- cide, cise - kill, cut
- archeology, archetype
- arche - ancient, primitive
- nonalchohol, noncommited, nonfiction
- non - not
- doctrine, doctor, document
- doc - teach
- movement, movable
- mov - move
- labor, laboratory
- lab - work
- bibliograpy
- biblio - book
- physical, physician
- phys - nature
- politics, police, metropolitan
- poli - city
- pendulum, pension, pending, pensive
- pend, pens - hang
- cordial, cordiality
- cord - heart
- kilometer, kilogram
- kilo - thousand
- telegraph, graphite
- graph - write
- repugnant, pugilist
- pug - fight
- pedophile, philanthropist
- phil - love
- telescope, microscope, stethiscope
- scop - look, see
- barometer, kilometer
- meter - measure
- lumninescent, aluminum
- lum - light
- paranormal, parallel
- para - beside
- decathalon, december, decathon
- dec - ten
- memory, memorize, remember
- mem - remember
- alternate, alterego
- alter - other
- gynocologist, mysogyny
- gyn - woman
- abstinence, abnormal, absent
- ab, abs - away, from
- cursive, curve
- cur, curs - run
- corpse, corporation
- corp - body
- cardiac, cardiologist
- cardi - heart
- novel, novice
- nov - new
- antemeridian, anteroom
- ante - before
- telescope, telephone, telekinesis
- tele - distant