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List of English prefixes
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|a(n)- ||[[not]], without ||[[atonality]], [[asexuality]], [[amoral]] , [[anarchy]]
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|[[ab-]] ||away ||[[abduction]], [[absolutism]], [[ablution]]
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|ac- || ||
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|acr(o)- ||high, up ||[[Acropolis]]
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|aden(o)- || ||
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|aer(o)- ||[[air]] ||[[aeronautics]], [[aerodrome]], [[aeroplane]], [[aerodynamics]]
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|agr(o)- ||relating to farming || [[agriculture]]
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|an- || ||
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|an(a)-||out of||[[anachronism]]
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|an(o)-||||
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|andr- || [[man]] || [[androgyny]], [[androcentrism]], [[android]], [[androgen]]
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|anem- || ||
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|Anglo- ||[[England|English]] or [[Great Britain|British]] ||[[Anglo-Irish]] relations
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|ante- ||before ||[[antebellum]] 
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|anthrop(o)- ||relating to human beings || [[anthropology]], [[anthropocentrism]], [[anthropomorphic]]
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|ant(i)- ||against ||[[antidote]], [[antibody]], [[anticlockwise]]
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|aut(o)- ||[[self]] ||[[autonomy]], [[autobiography]], [[automobile]], [[autopilot]] 
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|bar(o)- ||atmosphere ||
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|bathy- ||deep ||[[Bathyscape]], [[Bathysphere]]
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|[[be-]] ||completely, thoroughly; excessively; on; around; about; used to form transitive verbs ||
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|bi- ||[[two]] ||[[bicycle]], [[bijection]], [[bilingual]], [[bicameralism]], [[bisexuality]] 
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|bi(o)- ||[[life]]|| [[biology]], [[biography]], [[biosphere]], [[biotechnology]]
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|bibli(o)- ||relating to [[book|books]] || [[bibliophilia]], [[bibliography]]
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|blast(o)- || ||
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|brady- ||slow ||[[bradycardia]]
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|brom(o)- || ||
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|bronch(o)- || relating to breathing || [[bronchitis]]
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|cac(o)- || ||
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|cardi(o)- ||heart ||[[cardiovascular]]
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|cent-, [[SI prefix|centi]]- ||[[hundred]] or hundredth ||[[centenarian]], [[centimetre|centimeter]], [[centipede]]
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|cephal(o)- || ||
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|chrom(o)-, chromat(o)- || ||
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|chron(o)- || [[time]] || [[chronology]]
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|circum- ||around ||[[circumcision]], [[circumnavigation]], [[circumlocution]], [[circumference]] 
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|cion(o)- ||||
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|co- ||together ||[[cooperative]], [[co-belligerence]]
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|colpo- || ||
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|com-, con-, col-, cor- ||with, together ||[[conference]], [[connotation]], [[context]], [[Congress]], [[congregation]] 
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|contr(a)-, contr(o) ||against, [[opposite]] ||[[contradiction]], [[contraception]], [[controversy]]
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|cosm(o)- || ||[[cosmology]], [[cosmopolitan]], [[cosmotheism]]
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|counter- ||against, [[opposite]] ||[[counterpoint]], [[counterweight]], [[Counter-Reformation]] 
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|crin(o)- || ||
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|cry(o)- || [[frost]], icy [[cold]] || [[cryogenics]], [[cryoelectronics]], [[cryostorage]]
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|crypt(o)- ||hidden ||[[cryptography]], [[cryptozoology]]
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|cyt(o)- || hollow, receptacle, [[cell (biology)|cell]] || [[cytoplasm]], [[cytology]]
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|dactyl(o)- || ||
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|de- ||taking something away, the opposite ||[[decentralisation]], [[deforestation]], [[dehydration]], [[Denazification]]
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|dec(a)-, dek(a)- ||[[ten]] ||decamerous
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|[[SI prefix|deci]]- ||[[one]] [[tenth]] ||[[deciliter]] 
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|dem(o)- ||people, nation ||[[demographics]], [[democracy]]
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|derm(o)-, derm(a)-, dermat- ||skin ||[[dermatology]], [[dermatitis]]
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|di- ||[[two]], double ||
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|didact(o)- || apt at [[teaching]] || 
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|dynam(o)- || [[power]], [[force]] || [[dynamic]], [[dynamite]], [[dynamo]]
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|dis- ||[[reverse]], [[opposite]] ||[[dissent]], [[discovery]], [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation]] 
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|dox(o)- ||[[Doxology]] ||
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|dys- ||bad, deformed, abnormal ||[[dyspepsia]], [[dystrophy]], [[dysarthria]] 
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|ec(o)- ||house ||[[economy]], [[ecology]], [[ecosystem]], [[ecotourism]], [[ecotage]]
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|ect(o)- || ||
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|edaph(o)- || ||
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|electr(o)- || ||[[electrocution]], [[electroencephalogram]]
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|embry(o)- || ||
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|encephal(o)- || [[brain]] || [[encephalitis]]
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|end(o)-, ent(o)- || ||
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|enne(a)- ||[[nine]] ||enneastyle
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|enter(o)- || ||
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|eo- ||dawn, early ||eobacterium
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|ep(i)-, eph- ||above ||[[epitaxy]]
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|erg(o)- || ||[[ergonomics]]
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|erythr(o)- || ||
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|erot(o)- || ||
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|stom(o)-, stomat(o)- || ||
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|ethn(o)- || ||[[ethnology]], [[ethnolinguistics]], [[ethnocentrism]]
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|eu- ||good ||[[eulogy]], [[euthanasia]], [[eugenics]], [[euphemism]]
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|Euro- ||[[European]] ||[[Euro-MP]] ([[Member of the European Parliament]]) 
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|ex- ||former ||ex-wife, ex-president 
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|ex(o)- ||outside ||[[exoskeleton]]
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|extra- ||very, more than usual, outside, beyond ||extra-thin, extra-special <p>extraordinary, [[extraterrestrial]]</p>  
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|flor(i)- ||relating to flowers||[[florist]]
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|fore- ||before, in advance||[[foreskin]], [[foreshadowing]] 
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|gyn- ||[[female]] ||[[gynaecology]], [[gynoid]]
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|hemi- ||[[half]]||[[hemimetabolous]]
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|hex(a)- ||[[six]] ||[[hexapod]]
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|hyper- ||excessive, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper) ||[[hyperactive]], [[hyperthyroidism]]
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|hyp(o)- ||below, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)||[[hypodermic]]
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|in- ||extremely ||[[inflammable]], invaluable
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|in-, il-, im-, ir- ||[[not]] ||[[infallibility]], [[illiteracy]], [[immoral]], [[irrelevant]] 
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|inter- ||between, from one to another ||[[intervention]], [[international]] 
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|intra- ||within, interior ||intramural, [[intravenous]]
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|[[SI prefix|kilo]]- ||[[thousand]] ||[[kilogram]], [[kilowatt]] 
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|Luso- ||[[Portugal|Portuguese]] ||[[lusophone]]
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|mal- ||bad, badly ||[[malpractice]], [[malnutrition]] 
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|maxi- ||most, very, large ||maxi-dress
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|Mc- ||[[McDonalds]] like ||[[McJob]], [[McPaper]]
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|[[SI prefix|mega]]-, megal- ||[[million]], very large ||[[megabyte]], [[megaphone]] 
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|meta- ||after, beyond ||[[metacarpal]], [[metaphysics]]
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|[[SI prefix|micro]]- ||one millionth, very small ||[[microgram]], [[microorganism]], [[micronation]] 
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|mid- ||in the middle of||[[United States Senate#Composition and elections|mid-term elections]], [[Mid-Autumn Festival]], [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge]]
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|[[SI prefix|milli]]- ||thousandth ||[[milligram]], [[milliliter]] 
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|mini- ||small ||[[miniskirt]], [[miniseries]] 
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|mis- ||[[bad]], [[wrong]] ||[[miscarriage]], [[misanthropy]], [[misogyny]]
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|mon(o)- ||[[one]], [[single]] ||[[monolith]], [[monorail]], [[monotony]], [[monocle]] 
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|multi- ||many ||[[multiculturalism]], [[multilingual]] 
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|non- ||[[not]] ||[[nonsense]], [[non-denial denial]]
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|non- ||[[nine]] ||none, [[nonagon]]
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|oct(o)-, oct(a)- ||[[eight]] ||[[octane]], [[octopod]], [[octagon]]
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|oo- ("'''oo'''-oh") || egg, ovum ||[[oocyte]]
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|[[out-]] ||more, to&nbsp; a&nbsp; greater degree ||to outdo, to outrun 
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|[[over-]] ||more than normal, too much || [[overpopulation]], [[over-consumption]] 
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|pent(a)- ||[[five]] ||[[pentagon]]
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|[[post-]] ||after ||[[Post-fordism|Post-Fordism]], [[postpartum depression]], [[postmodernity]], [[postmodernism]] 
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|[[pre-]] ||before ||[[prediction]], [[preview]], [[precedent]], [[prenatal care]] 
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|[[pro-]] ||for, in favour of ||[[pro-choice]], [[pro-life]] 
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|quadr-, quart- ||[[four]] ||[[quadrangle]], [[quadruplet]], [[quartic]], [[quartile]] 
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|quinqu(e)- ||[[five]], into [[five]] parts ||quinquesection
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|quint(i)- ||[[fifth]], [[five]] ||quintiped
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|re- ||again, repeatedly ||[[reduction]], [[reflection]], [[revolution]] 
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|rect(i)- ||proper, straight ||rectify, [[rectangle]]
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|scler(o)- || hard || [[scleroderma]] [[atherosclerosis]]
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|semi- ||[[half]] ||[[semi-automatic]], [[semi-detached]]
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|sept(a)- ||[[seven]] ||[[heptachord]]
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|sex(i)- ||[[six]] ||sexivalent 
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|Sino- ||[[Chinese]] || [[Sino-American relations]]
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|spasm(o)- || ||
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|sperm(o)-, spermat(o)- || ||
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|spher(o)- ||  ||
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|sphygm(o)- || pulso || [[sphygmomanometer]]
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|splen(o)- || ||
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|splanchn(o)- || ||
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|schiz(o)-, schist(o)- || split || [[schizophrenia]], [[schistocyte]]
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|staphyl(o)- || ||
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|styl(o)- || pillar ||
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|sub- ||below, less than, under,(least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper) ||[[subset]], [[subsonic]], [[metro|subway]], [[subtitles]] 
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|super- ||extremely, more than,(least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper) ||[[superhuman]], [[Superego]], [[supersonic]] 
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|syn- ||along with, together, at the same time ||[[synergy]], [[synchronicity]]
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|tach(y)-, tach(o)- ||fast, speed||[[tachycardia]], [[tachometer]]
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|tel(e)-, tel(o)- ||far, over&nbsp; a&nbsp; long distance ||[[telecommunications]], [[television]], [[telephoto lens]], telodynamic
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|tel(o)-, tel(e)- ||end, complete, mature ||[[teloblast]] 
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|[[trans-]] ||across, beyond ||[[transfer]], [[transubstantiation]], [[transatlantic]], [[Trans-Siberian railway]] 
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|tri- ||[[three]] ||[[triangle]], [[tricolor]], [[triptych]] 
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|[[ultra-]] ||extremely, beyond&nbsp; a&nbsp; certain limit ||[[Ultramontanism]], [[ultraviolet]] 
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|un- ||not, opposite, take something away || [[unconstitutional]], [[Wikipedia:Viewing and restoring deleted pages by sysops|undelete]]
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|uni- ||[[one]], [[single]] ||[[uniform]], [[unification]]  
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|[[ur-]] ||first, original || [[urtext]]
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|zoo- ("'''zoo'''-oh") ||relating to animals || [[zoomorphic]], [[zoology]]
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