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1
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ab-

A

away from

2
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ad-

A

to; toward

3
Q

ante-

A

before

4
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astr-

A

star

5
Q

auto-

A

self

6
Q

brady-

A

slow

7
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ect-

A

outside; outer

8
Q

en-

A

within; in

9
Q

endo-

A

within; inner

10
Q

epi-

A

above; upon

11
Q

ex-

A

out; outer

12
Q

hemi-

A

half

13
Q

infra-

A

below; inferior

14
Q

inter-

A

between; among

15
Q

intra-

A

within

16
Q

iso-

A

same; equal

17
Q

macro-

A

large

18
Q

meta-

A

change; after; beyond

19
Q

micro-

A

small

20
Q

multi-

A

many

21
Q

neo-

A

new

22
Q

pan-

A

all

23
Q

para-

A

near; beside

24
Q

peri-

A

around; surrounding

25
Q

poly-

A

many

26
Q

post-

A

after

27
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pre-

A

before

28
Q

retro-

A

behind; backward

29
Q

semi-

A

half

30
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sub-

A

below; under

31
Q

super-

A

above; over; excess

32
Q

supra-

A

above; on top of

33
Q

sym-

A

with; association

34
Q

syn-

A

together; with; union

35
Q

tachy-

A

fast

36
Q

a-; an-; ana-

A

no; not; without

37
Q

anti-

A

against

38
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contra-

A

against; opposite

39
Q

non-

A

not

40
Q

bi-

A

two; double; both

41
Q

centi-

A

hundred; hundredth

42
Q

dec-

A

ten

43
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milli-

A

one thousandth

44
Q

quadr-

A

four

45
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tri-

A

three

46
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uni-

A

one

47
Q

carcin-

A

cancerous

48
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dys-

A

difficult; painful

49
Q

hyper-

A

above; excessive

50
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hypo-

A

deficient; below

51
Q

mal-

A

bad; poor; abnormal