veterinary terminology- prefixes

Question	Answer
A-	No, not, without
AN-	no, not, without
ANA-	up, apart
ANTI-	against
AUTO-	Self
BI-	Two
BRADY-	Deficient, under
CHLORO-	Green
CHROMO-	Color
CO-	With, together
COM-	With, together
CON-	With, together
CYANO-	Blue
DE-	Down, lack of
DECI-	One-tenth
DI-	Two
DIA-	Through, between, apart, across, completely
DYS-	Bad, painful
ERYTHRO-	Red
HEMI-	Half
HEXA-	Six
HYPER-	Excessive, above
HYPO-	Below, deficient
LEUKO-	White
MACRO-	Large
MAL-	Bad
MELANO-	Black
META-	Change, beyond
MICRO-	Small
MONO-	One, single
MULTI-	Many
NEO-	New
PAN-	All
PENT-	Five
POLY-	Many, much
PSEUDO-	False
QUADR-	Four
SUB-	Less than, beneath
SYM-, SYN-	With, together
TACHY-	Fast
TRI-	Three
ULTRA-	Beyond
XANTH-	Yellow
AB-	Away from
AD-	Toward, near
ANTE-	Before; forward
DIA-	Through
DIS-	Apart, away from
EC-, ECTO-	Outside
ENDO-	Within, in, inner
EPI-	Above, upon
EX-	Out
EXTRA-	outside of
IN-	in, into
INFRA-	below, beneath
INTER-	between
INTRA-	within
PARA-	near, alongside
PERI-	surrounding
POST-	after, behind
PRE-	Before
PRO-, PROS-	before, forward
RE-	back, again
RETRO-	behind, backward
SUB-	beneath, less than
SUPRA-	above, upper
TRANS-	across, through
PULM-	lungs
OTO-	ear
CARCIN-	cancer
BRONCH-	bronchial tubes
An	Decrease or without

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