Greek prefix Flashcards
Ana(2nd -a lost before vowel)
up ana-lysis ana-batic **an(a)-ion **an(a)ode
anti
against anti-dote anti-septic
apo/aph
away from apo-stasy aph-elion (helion = sun)
cata(2nd -a lost before vowel)
down cata-bolic cat-ion cat-hode
di
twice double di-atomic
dicha
in two,asunder dich-tomy
dia
through dia-meter dia-tom **di/a/tom/ic
dys
badly,difficult,hard dys-trophy dys-lexia
ekto/ec/exo
out of/outside eccentric, exo-dus, ecto-derm exo-gamy
endo/to em
in,within ende-mic em-phasis
eso
within eso-teric
epi/eph
on, upon epo-nym epi-demic eph-meral
eu
well/good euthanasia euphony
hemi
half hemi-sphere
hyper
above hyper-tension hyperglycermia
hypo
under hypodermic hypoglycemia
meta (a drop follow by vowel)
after,becomes change metamorphosis
opistho
behind opisthographic
palin
back ,again palindrome
para
beside para-noia
peri**
around peri-meter
pro
before,in front of pro-gnosis
pros(o-,tho-)
to toward, near PROS-thesis
syn(sym)
with, together syn-thesis sym-biotic sym-bol
A/an
Not,without a-tom, a-nesthetic
Amphi /ampho
On both side amphi-bious ampho-teric
Hodos
Road/way
Hermera
Day
Haima
Blood
Derma
Skin
Demos
People
Graphein
To write
Meta**
After,become changes metamorphosis
Palin
Back,again palinsro
No Greek root**
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a/an
not/without a-tom an-esthetic a-theist