a or an = not

ab = away

ad = toward

albo or alb = white

ambi = both

angio = blood vessel

anti = against

ante = preceding

appendo = appendix

bi = two

bio = live

blepharo = eyelid

brady = slow

cardi = heart

centi = one-hundreth

chloro or chlor = green

chole = pertaining to the gallbladder

chromo or chrom = color      

contra = against

cryo = cold

cyano or cyan = blue

de = remove

dis = remove

dys = difficult or painful

deca = ten

deci = one-tenth

di = two

diplo = double

ecto or exo = outside

en or endo = inside

encephalo = brain

epi = above or upon

erythro = red

eu = normal

gastro = stomach

geri = old

glosso = tongue

hemi = half

hepato = liver

hetero = different

homo = same

hyper = high

hypo = low

in or im = not

inter = between

intra = within

leuko = white

litho = stone

lutea = yellow

macro = large

mal = bad

mega = very large

melano = black

meningo = membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

meso = middle

meta = change

micro = small

milli = one-thousandth        

multi = many

myo = muscle

nano = one-billionth

necro = death

nephro = kidney

neo = new

neuro = nerve

nocti = night

oligo = few

omni = all

ortho = straight

osteo = bone

para = near or beside

per = through

peri = around

pleuro = pertaining to the lungs

polio = gray

post = after

pre = before

primi or proto = first

purpura = purple

poly = many

pseudo = false

quadr = four

renal = kidney

salpingo = fallopian tubes

sclero = hard or eye

semi = half or part

sinistro = left

sub = under

super or supra = above

tachy = fast

tele = far

thermo = hot

tracheo = trachea

trans = across

xantho = yellow

xero = dry